Sources of Bibliographic Information

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For an overview of the sources used by the ISFDB in 1994-2004 see Reference:General_Overview.

This page lists resources that ISFDB editors can use to verify bibliographic data. Note that this list is not intended to be all-inclusive. If you find yourself regularly using a resource that is not listed here, please feel free to add it to the page.

Contents

Web Bibliographies

Aggregate Library Catalogs and Search Engines

  • WorldCat is a collection of 69 million searchable bibliographic records maintained by the OCLC inter-library cooperative. Covers books, serials, music, films and some other types of holdings. OCLC is in the process of linking individual editions to present a Summary/Detail view of the catalog similar to the ISFDB's Title/Publication view, but it's a work in progress. You can access the data in this catalog in the following ways:
    • Public WorldCat interface is a beta Web interface available for free since August 2006. Only a few basic bibliographic fields per record are available via this interface and there is no Z39.50 access as of mid-2007. User-submitted reviews have been enabled.
    • FirstSearch -- currently inactive -- is another Web interface to the WorldCat catalog and it shows all fields in each bibliographic record. FirstSearch access is provided to OCLC's subscribers, primarily libraries. Some subscribers have chosen to make it available on the Web for free, but there is no guarantee that it will remain available indefinitely.
      • Some fields of interest available through this interface (but not apparent through Worldcat):
        • Original Price (Under 'Vendor Info:' Without currency symbol) (This may be the price paid by the library from their distributor. It may not be a publicly available price, and it may have been updated with later editions. Use when other sources are unavailable, or as a confirming secondary source)
        • LCCN (Under 'Standard No:')
        • Library of Congress and Dewey Classification (Under 'Class Descriptors:')
    • OCLC Fiction Finder (frequently off-line) provides access to all fiction cataloged by OCLC, including shrunk cover scans when available. There is an ISBN lookup page. Use the {{OCLC}} template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
See Help:Using Worldcat data for more details and warnings.
  • Sigla Searches 1600 library catalogs, click on the British flag icon for the English language version. Use the {{Sigla}} template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
  • British Library Integrated Catalogue Searches the combined holdings of the British library. A very good source for UK publications, and may be helpful on any publication. The "system number" is a unique identifier for a particular record, similar to the OCLC accession number. May be abbreviated as "BLIC". Often lists cover prices on books that have ISBNs -- rarely if ever on older books.

Individual Library catalogs

General SF Bibliographies

General Bibliographies that include SF

Regional Bibliographies that include SF

Series

Publishers

  • Ralan.com lists hundreds of publishers, magazines, reviewzines, etc, both current and defunct

Publisher Web sites

  • The Ace Image Library has both cover images of Ace publications and is also a publisher bibliography that can be used to see if earlier or later publications than yours exist.
  • Black Coat Press, a small press dedicated to proto-SF and pulp adventures, mostly translations of early French SF/pulps
  • Haffner Press, small press specializing in Hamilton, Brackett, Williamson, etc.
  • Immanion Press, a UK-based SF/F/H small press with an extensive online catalog

SF Romance and Erotica publishers

Magazine Checklists and Indexes

Fanzines

Individual Magazines

Subgenres

Many fan pages are available where someone covers an area in great depth.

Author-specific sites

  • ERBzine Has cover scans and bibliographic data for many works by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Foreign Language

Also see the ISFDB list of ISFDB:Foreign Language Abbreviations.

Pseudonyms

Awards

General

Individual awards

Notable Recommended/Reading Lists

Print Bibliographies

General Bibliographies

  • Donald H. Tuck. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968: A Bibliographic Survey of the Fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction through 1968, Chicago, Advent Publishers, 1974-1982, in 3 volumes:
  • Reginald1
  • Reginald3
  • The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 2nd edition, eds. John Clute and Peter Nicholls, New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1993, ISBN 0312096186, 1370p.
  • Encyclopedia of Fantasy, eds. John Clute and John Grant, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1997, ISBN 0312145942, 1049p.
  • Science-Fiction: The Early Years, ed. Everett F. Bleiler (with Richard J. Bleiler), Kent State University Press, 1990, ISBN 0873384164, 998p.
  • Jon Warren. The Official (R) Price Guide. Paperbacks, New York, House of Collectibles, 1991, ISBN 0876377932, 934p.
  • Lloyd Currey. Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Non-Fiction, Boston, G.K. Hall & Co., 1979, ISBN 0816182426, 571pp.
  • Christopher P. Stevens. A Checklist of Some New Science Fiction Writers, 1995-2007, Ultramarine Publishing Company, ISBN 0-89366-271-2, 190p.
  • Latin American Science Fiction Writers : An A-to-Z Guide[1]

Magazine Checklists and Bibliographies

  • Donald B. Day. Index to Science Fiction Magazines: 1926-1950, Perri Press, Portland, Oregon, 1952. (Revised with corrections, G. K. Hall, 1982)
  • Erwin S. Strauss. The MIT Science Fiction Society's Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1951-1965, MITSFS, 1966.
  • Anthony R. Lewis. Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1966-1970, NESFA Press, 1971.

Pseudonyms

  • Roger Robinson. Who's Hugh? An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms, Beccon Press, 1987, ISBN 1870824024, 173p.
  • Barry McGhan. Science Fiction and Fantasy Pseudonyms, Cleveland, Misfit Press, 1976, 1979, 70p. (945 authors and 1,483 pseudonyms)
  • Rock, James A. Who Goes There: A Bibliographic Dictionary of Pseudonymous Literature in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Bloomington, IN: James A. Rock & Co., Publishers, 1979, 201pp. (1200+ authors, 2000+ pseudonyms)

Foreign Languages

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