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Welcome to the ISFDB wiki hosted by The Cushing Library Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection and Institute for Scientific Computation at Texas A&M University. The ISFDB is now publicly editable. If you would like to correct or improve any data you see in the ISFDB, or help with entering fresh data, please visit the Beta project page for more information. ISFDB Resources What's New - Latest news on the ISFDB. ISFDB Downloads - Instructions on downloading and installing the ISFDB data elsewhere. Help pages - Help on how to edit the ISFDB database. ISFDB FAQ - The ISFDB FAQ answers questions on how to use the ISFDB and other questions of a general nature. Magazine Pages - These pages list the publication history of many SF-related magazines. Publishers - Publication history of many SF specialty publishers. ISFDB Design Documentation - Technical data on how the ISFDB is designed, how to create applications that interface with the ISFDB, and how to redeploy the ISFDB database for your own use. ISFDB Policy - Policies stating what kind of data is included in and excluded from the ISFDB as well as explaining the ISFDB Wiki blocking policy. ISFDB Lists - Numerous computationally-intensive lists, including top 100 lists and age statistics. Sources of Bibliographic Information - Resources used to verify publication and title data. Reported Bugs and Features ISFDB Bug List - This page tracks known bugs with the ISFDB software. ISFDB Feature List - This page tracks requested features for the ISFDB. Bibliographic Rules - Rules under discussion Current Projects Bibliographic Projects in Progress ISFDB Operations - ISFDB uptime tracker and a list of ongoing operational issues. ISFDB Background Major Contributors Reference:General_Overview Overview of SF Biblio Sources as of 2004