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Welcome to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) wiki hosted by The Cushing Library Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection and Institute for Scientific Computation at Texas A&M University. Note: The ISFDB will be made read-only at 4:00pm CDT, Saturday April 12. This is needed to obtain a final backup copy prior to moving the site to a new server. 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 and Fanzine Pages - These pages list the publication history of many SF-related magazines and fanzines respectively. 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 bibliographic data. Site Map - Site Map for ISFDB database and Wiki. 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