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For an overview of the sources used by the ISFDB in 1994-2004 see [[Reference:General_Overview]].
  
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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.
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==Web Bibliographies==
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===Aggregate Library Catalogs and Search Engines===
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* 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:
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{{Worldcat Access links}}
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:See [[Help:Using Worldcat data]] for more details and warnings.
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* [http://www.sigla.ru Sigla] Searches 1600 library catalogs, click on the British flag icon for the English language version. Use the <nowiki>{{Sigla}}</nowiki> template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
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* [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list 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.
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* [http://copac.ac.uk/ COPAC], combined catalog of numerous UK/Irish libraries.
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* [http://openlibrary.org/about Open Library] is an open source project sponsored by the Internet Archive. Their stated goal is to have "One web page for every book ever published." They can be searched by ISBN or by title, author, Publisher and other fields. Once a book is found it can be linked to by ISBN, or by the OL's internal ID. Like the ISFDB, the OL depends on volunteer labor and freely available data.
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* [http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Search engine for the US Social Security Death Index]
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===Individual Library catalogs===
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* {{LOC}}. Use the <nowiki>{{LOC}}</nowiki> template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
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* {{Melvyl}}. Use the <nowiki>{{Melvyl}}</nowiki> template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
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===General SF Bibliographies===
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* [http://lib-edit.tamu.edu/cushing/sffrd// Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database]
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* [http://greatsfandf.com/ Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Works]
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* [http://classics.jameswallaceharris.com/ The Classics of Science Fiction]
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* [http://scifan.com/ Scifan]
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* [http://www.liv.ac.uk/~asawyer/sffc1.html The Science Fiction Foundation Collection]
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* [http://www.locusmag.com/index/ The Locus Index to Science Fiction 1984 - 2007] (1984-1998 combined; individual indexes for the later years.)
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* [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/0start.htm Contento's Index to SF Anthologies pre-1984] (recently moved to www.philsp.com)
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* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ Fantastic Fiction]
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* [http://eidolon.net/ Australian pre-1993 bibliographies] Add /author/1stnamelastname to retrieve; the list of author is available as a drop-down list [http://eidolon.net/index.html?pagename=australian.html&pagetitle=SF%26F+in+Australia here].
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* [http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/activity/m/mitsfs/dex/datadex The NESFA database]
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* [http://www.sfhub.ac.uk/ SF Hub]
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* [http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/SF-Index.html The Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide]
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* [http://www.hycyber.com/SF/ CyberSpace Spinner Archive of Science Fiction] Magazine and writer bibliographies
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* [http://www.pywrit.com/ebooks/BooksForSale.htm Pywrit.com by Jeffrey S. Timmons] Author/magazine/anthology bibliographies hosted by a bookstore
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* [http://www.gcwillick.com/Spacelight/ George C. Willick's ''Spacelight''] Biographies and bibliographies of Golden Age writers
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* [http://www.dondammassa.com/index.htm Don D'Ammassa's "Critical Mass"] Bibliographies and reviews of SF/F/H books and series
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* [http://www.sfbooklist.co.uk/ SFBooklist.co.uk]
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===General Bibliographies that include SF===
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* [http://www.iblist.com/ Internet Book List]
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* [http://www.ibdof.com/ Internet Book Database of Fiction]
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* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?153762  The Native American in Long Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography : Supplement, 1995-2002]
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===Regional Bibliographies that include SF===
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* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/ AustLit] Extensive Biographic and Bibliographic database of Australian writers. A subscription is needed to view the details.
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* [http://www.darkfantasy.org/spectre/ImageGuide.html "The Gallery to Science Fiction, Fantasy, Weird & Occult as published by the British, Australians and Canadians From the 1930s-1966 as Paperbacks, Digests, Pamphlets, Pulps, and Magazines"]
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* [http://www.canadiansf.com/ Canadian SF Works Database]
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===Series===
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* [http://www.gaslightbooks.com.au/4part/4pframe.htm The Four-Part Trilogy (series biblios)]
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* [http://www.seriesbooks.com/seriesindex.htm seriesbooks.com - Book Safari]
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* [http://www.iblist.com/ Internet Book List]
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* [http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/subject.cfm Juvenile series by subject]
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* [http://www.well.com/~sjroby/lcars/2004.html Star Trek books by year] (through 2010)
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* [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Category:Novel_series Novel series on ''Memory Alpha'']
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* Much more at [[ISFDB:Series Cleanup]]
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===Publishers===
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* [http://www.ralan.com/ Ralan.com] lists hundreds of publishers, magazines, reviewzines, etc, both  current and defunct
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====Publisher Web sites====
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* [http://people.uncw.edu/smithms/ACE.html 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.
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* [http://www.arkhamhouse.com/ '''Arkham House''''s Web site]
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* [http://www.peltorro.com/gallery.htm '''Badger Books''' cover gallery]
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* [http://www.baen.com/author_list.asp '''Baen''''s catalog by author], [http://www.baen.com/title_list.asp by title] and [http://www.baen.com/series_list.asp by series]
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*[http://www.bantamdell.com/ '''Bantam Spectra''' and '''Dell''' Web site]
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*[http://www.blackcoatpress.com/ ''Black Coat Press''], a small press dedicated to proto-SF and pulp adventures, mostly translations of early French SF/pulps
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* [http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/daw1-100.html Steven H. Silver's '''DAW''' biblio]
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* [[Publisher:DAW]] is a page that summarizes information about '''DAW''' publications and also lists all of their publications.
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* [http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/ '''Del Rey''''s online catalog]
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* [http://gutenberg.net.au/sfproject.html List of SF titles by Project Gutenberg]
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* [http://www.harpercollins.com/imprints/index.aspx?imprintid=518005 '''Eos''', HarperCollins' SF/F imprint]
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* [http://www.haffnerpress.com/index.html Haffner Press], small press specializing in Hamilton, Brackett, Williamson, etc.
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* [http://www.immanion-press.com/ Immanion Press], a UK-based SF/F/H small press with an extensive online catalog
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* [http://www.angelfire.com/film/locationbooks/pulp.htm Pulpville Press], a small press specializing in pulp reprints
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* [http://www.gostak.org.uk/sfbc/sfbcindex.htm '''Science Fiction Book Club''' (UK)] - 1953-1982
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* [http://www.sfbc.com '''Science Fiction Book Club''' (US)]
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* [http://www.bookthink.com/0005/05sfb.htm Collecting '''SFBC''' books -- gutter codes and more]
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* [http://www.tor-forge.com/ '''Tor'''/Forge Web site]
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* [http://www.voyageronline.com.au/books/catalogue.cfm Voyager Australia catalog]
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* [http://secure1.white-wolf.com/catalog/index.php '''White Wolf''''s online store], good for identifying non-fiction and reconstructing series information.
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====SF Romance and Erotica publishers====
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*[http://www.changelingpress.com/ Changeling Press] - lots of SF erotica, mostly non-traditional (gay, bi, BDSM and beyond)
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*[http://ellorascave.com/ Ellora's Cave]
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*[http://www.imajinnbooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc ImaJinn Books]
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*[http://www.phaze.com/ Phase Books], a romance/erotica imprint of Mundania Books
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===Books received by bookstores===
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* [http://www.infinitas.com.au/CategoryList.php Infinitas books by genre] Australia
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* Galaxy [http://www.galaxybooks.com.au/category/fantasy-10255.do Fantasy] and [http://www.galaxybooks.com.au/category/science-fiction-10254.do Science Fiction] Australia
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* [http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/newsletterArchive.shtml Uncle Hugo Newsletter Archives] US
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* [http://www.deadwrite.com/wdcat.html White Dwarf] Canada
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===Magazine Checklists and Indexes===
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* [http://www.locusmag.com/index/chklst/0chklst.htm Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index: 1890-2001] by Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento (Checklist of issues indexed only.  For information about the CD-ROM of the complete index [https://secure.locusmag.com/About/CDRomAd.html go here.])
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* [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/0start.htm The FictionMags Index]
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* [http://westcity.org.uk/html/titles_a-k.html Westcity's checklist of SF magazines with cover images]
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* [http://www.philsp.com/index.html Galactic Central]'s Magazine Checklists
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* [http://www.coverbrowser.com/ Cover Browser] - select "Pulp" for a large list of cover scans
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====Fanzines====
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* [http://fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Bibliographies/Fanzines.html Fanac.org Fanzine Archive] by Joe Siclari
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* [http://www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/biblio/ British Fanzine Bibliography] by Peter Roberts, Vince Clarke, and Rob Hansen
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* [http://library.temple.edu/collections/special_collections/fanzine.jsp?bhcp=1#b Temple University fanzine collection]
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* [http://txspace.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/6416/browse?type=dateissued Science Fiction Book Review Index Annual Volumes by Issue Date], includes full text of each volume in PDF format
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====Individual Magazines====
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* [http://ttapress.com/interzone/egan_index/ ''Interzone'' index''] by Greg Egan
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* [http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/bibliography/bibliography.htm Bibliography of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'']
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* [http://nebulasf.atspace.com/index.html ''Nebula Science Fiction''] by Jim Linwood.
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* [http://www.collectorshowcase.fr/pulps__magazines_americains.htm Pulp magazines at L'encyclopedie Francophone de la SF] (in French, but the story titles are in English; includes cover scans)
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* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/index.htm ''Science Fiction Studies''] checklist; includes the texts of most published reviews and abstracts of many articles
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===Subgenres===
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Many fan pages are available where someone covers an area in great depth.
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* [http://www.uchronia.net/ Uchronia -- The Alternative History List]
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* [http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson/slip.html Slipstream bibliography]
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* [http://freepages.pavilion.net/tartarus/database.htm supernaturalfiction.co.uk]
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* [http://www.trussel.com/f_prehis.htm Prehistoric Fiction] - Novels set in prehistoric times, or in which the principal characters are members of a prehistoric society.
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* [http://www.violetbooks.com/lostrace-check-guide.html Lost race checklist]
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* [http://www.nesfa.org/Recursion/index.htm Recursive Science Fiction at NESFA]
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* [http://www.geocities.com/jessnevins/vicintro.html Fantastic, Mysterious, and Adventurous Victoriana]
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* [http://www.histmyst.org/ The Detective and the Toga] - Historical mysteries set in the Roman era. It does not look like specfict at first glance but the site contains several links to ISFDB author bibliographies.
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* [http://www.utas.edu.au/english/Representations_of_Antarctica/home.htm Fiction about Antarctica], many older books are SF
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* [http://ltimmel.home.mindspring.com/chronology.html Science Fiction and Utopia by Women, 1818-1949: A Chronology]
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* [http://www.timetravelromancewriters.com/topics.cfm Time travel romance books listed by topic].
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* [http://www.mormonsf.org/index.html Mormon Speculative Fiction], i.e. SF written by LDS members
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* [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/KRJ/sfp-toc.htm SF Pornography] compiled by {{A|Kenneth R. Johnson}}
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* [http://vaultofevil.wordpress.com/ Vault of Evil] - British horror fiction
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===Author-specific sites===
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*[http://www.erbzine.com/ ERBzine] Has cover scans and bibliographic data for many works by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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===International===
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*General:
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**[http://translatedsf.thierstein.net/tiki-index.php Translated SF] - "Non-English SF, available in Translation"
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*Bulgarian:
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**[http://www.sfbg.us/ SFBG] - Bibliography of SF published in Bulgaria
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*Croatian:
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**[http://www.znaksagite.com/sfbiblio/ SF&F bibliografija]
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**[http://sfera.hr/baza-podataka/ SFera] - links to 6 publication series-specific lists
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*Czech and Slovak:
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**[http://www.legie.info LEGIE - A Czech/Slovak fantasy and science fiction database] - Only Czech or Slovak language books are listed.
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*Dutch:
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**[http://www.deboekenplank.nl/ De Boekenplank] SF and thrillers published in Dutch (in the Netherlands and Belgium). There is a [http://www.deboekenplank.nl/alg/english.htm page] translating common bibliographical terms.
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**[http://www.fantastica.com/ Fandata] SF published in Dutch. Author search only.
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**[http://www.catawiki.nl/catalogus/boeken/soorten/1631-sciencefiction Catawiki] General collector's site with an extensive SF section.
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*French:
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** [http://bdfi.net/ BDFI]
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**[http://www.collectorshowcase.fr/ Collector's Showcase]
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**[http://www.fantastinet.com/ Fantastinet]
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**[http://sf.marseille.mecreant.org/ Index SF]
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**[http://lemondedufleuvenoir.blogspot.com/ Le Monde du Fleuve (Noir)] - articles and select bibliographies
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**[http://www.yfolire.net/sf/index.htm Livre de SF] (8660 books by 1277 authors)
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**[http://www.noosfere.com/default.asp NooSFere]
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**[http://www.allsf.net/IndexE.htm Science-Fiction]
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*German:
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**[http://www.spittel.de/sf/ Bibliographien zur Science Fiction], including [http://www.spittel.de/sf/heftromane_net/index.htm series information] and [http://www.spittel.de/sf/auswahl/abc.htm SF in DDR]
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**[http://www.chpr.at/sfstorye.html Bibliography of German Science Fiction Stories and Books]
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**[http://www.phantastik-news.de/ Phantastik-News.de]
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**[http://www.dsfdb.org/ German Science Fiction Database]
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**[http://www.welt-der-fantasy.de/liste.php World of Fantasy]
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**[http://www.sf-leihbuch.de/ Science Fiction Leihbuch Database]
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**[http://www.sf-hefte.de/ Science Fiction publisher listing] primarily covers
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*Hungarian:
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**[http://ftp.booker.hu/~publicfilesa/bibliography/ SF stories translated from [mostly] English to Hungarian]
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*Israeli:
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**[http://www.e-mago.co.il/e-magazine/asotsosiiitlfy-eles.htmlA Survey of the State of sf in Israel in the Last Five Years] (Hebrew only)
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*Italian:
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**[http://www.intercom-sf.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia IntercoM Science Fiction Station: Enciclopedia]
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**[http://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/ Fantascienza - Italian science fiction]
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**[http://www.uraniamania.com/index.php Urania Mania]
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*Latin American (Spanish and Portuguese):
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** [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/chronologies/latin%20american.htm Chronology of Latin American Science Fiction, 1775-2005] with an extensive bibliography
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*Lithuanian:
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**[http://www.knygute.lt/shop/Fantastika.57?layout=list SF at Knygute.lt]
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**[http://www.libis.lt:8080/lang.do?language=en National Library of Lithuania]
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*Polish:
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**[http://baza.fantasta.pl/index.php Fantasta]
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**[http://www.nukat.edu.pl NUKAT] - union catalog of Polish libraries
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**[http://alpha.bn.org.pl/ Catalog of the Polish National Library]
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**[http://www.projekta.ovh.org/data/index.html Projekt: Antykwariat], including [http://www.projekta.ovh.org/data/czasopisma.html magazines] and [http://www.projekta.ovh.org/data/Pisarze.html writers]
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**[http://www.wroblegalaktyki.cepede.pl/ Wroble Galaktyki] - Polish SF published between 1945 and 1991
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*Portuguese:
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**[http://bibliowiki.com.pt/index.php/Colec%C3%A7%C3%B5es_principais Bibliowiki da literatura fantástica em português]
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**[http://coleccaoargonauta.blogspot.com/ Colecção Argonauta]
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**[http://www.cienciamao.usp.br/tudo/index.php?midia=fic Livros de Ficção Científica]
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*Russian:
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**[http://bibliograph.ru/ ''Bibliograph'', Russian translations of foreign language SF]
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**[http://fantlab.ru/ FantLab]
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**[http://sfcatalog.narod.ru/ Russian SF, 1950-2009]
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**[http://sfbib.freeservers.com/index.htm Russian SF, 1992-2001]
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**[http://www.rusf.ru/fc/ Russian SF, 1998-2006]
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**[http://www.rusf.ru/courier/sfc_old/main.html Russian SF, 1997 (partial)]
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**[http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/chronologies/terra-philmus.htm "Russian and Soviet Science Fiction in English Translation: A Bibliography"]
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*Spanish:
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**[http://www.stardustcf.com/index.asp Stardust]
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**[http://www.tercerafundacion.net/ Tercera Fundacion - La Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficción, Fantasía, Terror y Misterio (The Library of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Mystery)]
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**[http://www.leelibros.com/biblioteca/?q=buscar/libros Leelibros, Biblioteca de Sedice - (Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción, Terror)]
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* Turkish:
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** [http://www.kayiprihtim.org/portal/kitaplar/ Kayıp Rıhtım] - Bibliography of SF in Turkish
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*Ukrainian:
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**[http://www.rusf.ru/oldnews/ Ukrainian/Russian SF, 1997-2010]
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Also see the ISFDB list of [[ISFDB:Foreign Language Abbreviations]].
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===Pseudonyms===
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* [http://www.trussel.com/books/aka.htm "a.k.a."] Over 11,000 entries
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* [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/0start.htm  The FictionMags Index]
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* [http://hycyber.com/SF/pseudo_dir.html CyberSpace Spinner pseudonym directory]
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===Awards===
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====General====
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* [http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/ AwardWeb]
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* [http://www.sfawardswatch.com/ Science Fiction Award Watch]
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* [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/TableO1.html Locus list of SF awards]
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====Individual awards====
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* [http://www.quarante-deux.org/prix/apollo.html Apollo]
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* [http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/English/home.html Aurora]
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* [http://www.australianhorror.com/index.php?view=39 Australian Shadows]
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* [http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/awards.html British Fantasy]
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* [http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/website/awards.aspx BSFA]
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* [http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell Campbell]
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* [http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell.htm Campbell Memorial]
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* [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asff/chandler.htm Chandler]
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* [http://www.asfa-art.org/chesley.html Chesley]
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* [http://www.clarkeaward.com/ Clarke]
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* [http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/exper/kcramer/PKDA.html Dick]
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* [http://splints.customer.netspace.net.au/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html Ditmar]
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* [http://www.goldenduck.org/ Golden Duck]
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* [http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html Hugo]
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* [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus.html Locus]
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* [http://www.mythsoc.org/awards.html Mythopoetic]
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* [http://www.sfwa.org/awards/ Nebula]
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* [http://www.lfs.org/awards.htm Prometheus]
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* [http://www.sfpoetry.com/rhyswin.html Rhysling]
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* [http://www.specromonline.com/index.cfm?pg=14 Sapphire]
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* [http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/ Sidewise]
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* [http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm Stoker]
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* [http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~sfcenter/sturgeon.htm Sturgeon]
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* [http://www.tiptree.org/ Tiptree]
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* [http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/ World Fantasy]
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===Notable Recommended/Reading Lists===
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* [http://www.locusmag.com/Indexes/Page0.html List of all Locus reviews since 1984]
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* [http://vanderworld.blogspot.com/2006/04/exhaustive-essential-fantasy-reading.html Jeff Vandermeer's Exhaustive Essential Fantasy Reading List]
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* [http://www.sff.net/people/Amy.Sheldon/list.htm Amy Sheldon's Fantasy List]
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* [http://www.nesfa.org/recommends/index.html NESFA's Hugo Recommended Reading List]
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* [http://www.strangewords.com/weirdbooks/fantasy100.html David Pringle's 100 Best Fantasy Novels]
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* [http://www.strangewords.com/weirdbooks/scifi100.html David Pringle's 100 Best Science Fiction Novels]
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* [http://www.dondammassa.com/ Don D'Ammassa's Annotated Checklist of Speculative Fiction]
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* [http://www.sfwa.org/reading/suggestions.htm SFWA recommended reading lists]
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* [http://www.sfwa.org/reading/rec_dozois.htm Gardner Dozois' recommended reading list]
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==Print Bibliographies==
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===General Bibliographies===
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* 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:
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**v. 1. Who’s who, A-L. 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1
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**v. 2. Who’s who, M-Z. 1978, ISBN 0-911682-22-8
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**v. 3. Miscellaneous. 1982, ISBN 0-911682-26-0
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* {{Reginald1}}, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974, with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II, Gale Research Co., October 1979, 1141p.
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* {{Reginald3}}, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991: A Bibliography of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction Books and Nonfiction Monographs, Gale Research Inc., November 1992, 1512 p.
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* ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', 2nd edition, eds. John Clute and Peter Nicholls, New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1993, ISBN 0312096186, 1370p.
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**1995 printing: ISBN 031213486X, 1386p.
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* ''Encyclopedia of Fantasy'', eds. John Clute and John Grant, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1997, ISBN 0312145942, 1049p.
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* ''Science-Fiction: The Early Years'', ed. Everett F. Bleiler (with Richard J. Bleiler), Kent State University Press, 1990, ISBN 0873384164, 998p.
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* Jon Warren. ''The Official (R) Price Guide. Paperbacks'', New York, House of Collectibles, 1991, ISBN 0876377932, 934p.
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* 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[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?154745]
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* Jack L. Chalker and Mark Owings. ''The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-1998'', Electronic Edition, Westminster, Baltimore, Mirage Press, 1998, 1049p (pdf on CD).
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 +
===Magazine Checklists and Bibliographies===
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*Donald B. Day. ''Index to Science Fiction Magazines: 1926-1950'', Perri Press, Portland, Oregon, 1952. (Revised with corrections, G. K. Hall, 1982)
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*Erwin S. Strauss. ''The MIT Science Fiction Society's Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1951-1965'', MITSFS, 1966.
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*Anthony R. Lewis. ''Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1966-1970'', NESFA Press, 1971.
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 +
===Pseudonyms===
 +
*Roger Robinson. ''Who's Hugh?  An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms'', Beccon Press, 1987, ISBN 1870824024, 173p.
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*Barry McGhan. ''Science Fiction and Fantasy Pseudonyms'', Cleveland, Misfit Press, 1976, 1979, 70p. (945 authors and 1,483 pseudonyms)
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*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)
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===Sub-Genres===
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'''Romance:'''
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* Sheridan &amp; Bontley, ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?30309 Enchanted Journeys Beyond the Imagination: An Annotated Bibliography of Fantasy, Futuristic, Supernatural, and Time Travel Romances]'', Blue Diamond Publications, 1995-1999. More than 1,000 speculative fiction romance books.
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* Clevenger, Macho, &amp; McCravy, [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1340130 The Alternate reality romance guide: A reader's and collector's resource for the paranormal sub-genres], Blue Diamond Publications, 1998.
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===Foreign Languages===
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*[http://www.lofficier.com/frenchsf.htm French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Pulp Fiction], McFarland & Company, 2000, ISBN 0786405961, 800p.

Revision as of 23:15, 5 June 2012

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.

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 Web interface available for free since August 2006. Use the {{OCLC}} template when referring to this source in ISFDB note fields and within the ISFDB Wiki.
    • OCLC Fiction Finder provides access to all fiction cataloged by OCLC, including shrunk cover scans when available.
    • WorldCat genres lets users browse WorldCat data by genre, e.g. science fiction or cyberpunk.
    • The xISBN Web service allows developers to submit an ISBN and retrieve a list of related ISBNs along with their basic bibliographic data.
    • OCLC FirstSearch is another Web interface limited to subscribers.
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.
  • COPAC, combined catalog of numerous UK/Irish libraries.
  • Open Library is an open source project sponsored by the Internet Archive. Their stated goal is to have "One web page for every book ever published." They can be searched by ISBN or by title, author, Publisher and other fields. Once a book is found it can be linked to by ISBN, or by the OL's internal ID. Like the ISFDB, the OL depends on volunteer labor and freely available data.
  • Search engine for the US Social Security Death Index

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

Books received by bookstores

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.

International

  • General:

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:
    • v. 1. Who’s who, A-L. 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1
    • v. 2. Who’s who, M-Z. 1978, ISBN 0-911682-22-8
    • v. 3. Miscellaneous. 1982, ISBN 0-911682-26-0
  • Reginald1, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974, with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II, Gale Research Co., October 1979, 1141p.
  • Reginald3, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991: A Bibliography of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction Books and Nonfiction Monographs, Gale Research Inc., November 1992, 1512 p.
  • The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 2nd edition, eds. John Clute and Peter Nicholls, New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1993, ISBN 0312096186, 1370p.
    • 1995 printing: ISBN 031213486X, 1386p.
  • 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]
  • Jack L. Chalker and Mark Owings. The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-1998, Electronic Edition, Westminster, Baltimore, Mirage Press, 1998, 1049p (pdf on CD).

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)

Sub-Genres

Romance:

Foreign Languages

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