Reference:Verification Sources

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Purpose: To provide an overview of what information is available through each of the verification sources. Database users will understand which fields are verified when a record has been marked verified by one of these sources.


Reference Last Year Title Author Year Publisher Pages Binding ISBN / Catalog Price Cover Artist Contents First Editions Reprints Variant Titles
Clute/Nicholls 1993 All All All None None None None None None None All None All
Clute/Grant 1997 All All All None None None None None None None All None All
Contento1 1984 All All All All Some Some Some Some None All All None Most
Locus1 2007 All All All All All All All All Most All All Some Most
Reginald1 1974 All All All All All All None None None None All None All
Reginald3 1991 All All All All All All None None None None All None All
Tuck 1968 All All All All All All All All Some All All All All
Miller/Contento 2007 All All All All All All N/A All Most All N/A N/A N/A
Bleiler1 1936 All All All All None None None None None None All None None
Currey 1977 All All All All All All Some Some None Some All None All
Bleiler78 1948 All All All All All None None None None None All None None
OCLC/Worldcat current All All All All Most Dim Most None Some Some Edit Edit Edit


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Key Description
All Source provides all of the information for this field.
None Source provides none of the information for this field.
Some Source provides some information to a varying degree, but not for every publication.
Most Source provides the information for a large percentage of publications, but not for all.
N/A As a source for magazine publications, this field is not applicable to this source.
Dim Source provides dimensions which can establish binding only to an uncertain degree.
Edit Source provides edition and printing information, but not on a reliable basis.