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FAQ

ADD A NEW EDITOR (ADMINISTRATOR ONLY)

Log in, click on "Manage your personal information", click on [INSERT NEW ROW], Enter relavent data, press Insert Editor.

 

REMOVE AN EDITOR (ADMINISTRATOR ONLY)

Log in, click on "Manage your personal information", click on the [DELETE] next to the editor to be deleted.

 

LOG IN (EDITOR)

Click on the ">> Editors Login" link on the right side of the screen, enter username and password.

 

LOG OUT (EDITOR)

Click on the ">> Logout" link on the right side of the screen.

 

INSERT NEW AUTHOR (EDITOR)

Log in, click on "Insert new bibliographic entry/author", enter authors' name in text box, click box marked 'Here'.  Author should appear in list of authors below.

 

DELETE AUTHOR (EDITOR)

Log in, click on "Delete an author", select author to be deleted and click "Delete author".  NOTE: You must first delete all books by an author before deleting the author.

 

INSERT BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY (EDITOR)

Log in, click on "Insert new bibliographic entry/author", enter data into marked fields, and click "Insert Record".  Remember to select your username in the Editor field.

 

DELETE BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY (EDITOR)

Log in, click on "Delete a bibliographic entry", select entry to be deleted and click "Delete entry".

 

SEARCH DATABASE

Click on the ">> Search" link on the right side of the screen, enter relavent search terms, press "Search".

NOTES: The keyword search is cumulative, the title and author searches are not.  This means that searching for the author Plato, title "The Cave", and keywords "Philosophy" and "Shadow Puppets" will return all books by Plato with a title like "The Cave" with either Philosophy, Shadow Puppets, or both in their keyword description.  A blank search returns all entries.

 

VIEW ALL ENTRIES

Click on the ">> Browse" link on the right side of the screen.

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