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| − | The "Directory" link on the navbar leads to a table showing the first and last author for each letter in the alphabet. Clicking on any author leads to a page showing all authors for the given letter. | + | The "Directory" link on the navbar leads to the ISFDB Author Directory which is a table showing the first and last author for each letter in the alphabet. Clicking on any author leads to a page showing all authors for the given letter. |
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| + | Note that the author directory is from ISFDB version 1 and has not been updated since early 2005. There is a project in the works to upgrades these pages to reflect the current ISFDB author list but in the mean time you may be better off using ISFDB's [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi Advanced Search] or standard search (in the upper-left corner) features to look up authors. You can simulate the directory in the standard search by entering space followed by the first letter(s) of the last name. For example, " as" (space-a-s) shows a list of 97 authors whose last name starts with "As." Note that this method does not work in Advanced Search as it strips leading/trailing spaces. | ||
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| + | You can also do partial name searches, for example if you are unsure if it's Ursula K. Le Guin or Ursula K. LeGuin you can search for either "Ursula" or "guin" and the list will be short enough that you can locate the author record. | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 8 February 2007
The "Directory" link on the navbar leads to the ISFDB Author Directory which is a table showing the first and last author for each letter in the alphabet. Clicking on any author leads to a page showing all authors for the given letter.
Note that the author directory is from ISFDB version 1 and has not been updated since early 2005. There is a project in the works to upgrades these pages to reflect the current ISFDB author list but in the mean time you may be better off using ISFDB's Advanced Search or standard search (in the upper-left corner) features to look up authors. You can simulate the directory in the standard search by entering space followed by the first letter(s) of the last name. For example, " as" (space-a-s) shows a list of 97 authors whose last name starts with "As." Note that this method does not work in Advanced Search as it strips leading/trailing spaces.
You can also do partial name searches, for example if you are unsure if it's Ursula K. Le Guin or Ursula K. LeGuin you can search for either "Ursula" or "guin" and the list will be short enough that you can locate the author record.