Hello! I would like to catalogue my library (I estimate in the low thousands but I am unsure of the precise number). I would like to keep tracks of several things, from the “obvious” like author, title, publisher, edition, to more personal like “when”/“where” did I get it. Was it a gift? Is a lucky find from that one...
Both are (or can be) basically relational databases, so you have a table for authors, one for genres maybe, one for physical location, and one for books. You create a new book, and that “form” then gives you fields for Title, Description, Rating, whatever you need, and then pulls data from the other tables for Author, Genre, etc.
If you’re not used to relational databases, the Golden Rule is basically:
If a data type is unique (e.g. Title, Description), it stays with the “product” (book, in your case).
If the data type can be used for more than one item (e.g. Author, Genre), it should (probably) have its own table.
You can take it a step further and make tables for all Descriptions, Titles, etc., and then those get related to the book by a unique key, but this is probably unnecessary for your use case.
All of this is incredibly simplified, and if anyone who works with databases sees it, I’m sure I’ll get corrected 😅
Anyway, you might not need to think too much about any of the above, as both platforms have user contributed templates!
Does anyone know of a good (and hopefully also free) online forum where someone can ask questions related to the Chicago Manual of Style? Chicago Manual of Style’s page has an online question form, but it seems like it’s one of those “we’ll answer your question if we get to it” type of things. I need to ask questions...
Yeah I know what you mean, I’ve reached a point where I can just about stomach going there if a Google-search finds relevant information on something I’m researching, but I draw the line at active participation or even logging in.
I’ve done a quick search and found a list of Discord boards that are tagged with #grammar.
This one looks promising, and the list says there are currently 20 people online (take with grain of salt, though): The Grammar People
If you could share your specific question, maybe there’s more research that can be done (or maybe someone here knows the answer) 🤔
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OK, y’all. I’m trying to find a book I read many moons ago. I feel like it was by Diana Wynne Jones, but it’s not in her bibliography. Massive spoilers incoming, obviously, but I can’t remember what the spoilers are for....
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How to catalogue my library
Hello! I would like to catalogue my library (I estimate in the low thousands but I am unsure of the precise number). I would like to keep tracks of several things, from the “obvious” like author, title, publisher, edition, to more personal like “when”/“where” did I get it. Was it a gift? Is a lucky find from that one...
📚 Online forum to ask Chicago Manual of Style related questions?
Does anyone know of a good (and hopefully also free) online forum where someone can ask questions related to the Chicago Manual of Style? Chicago Manual of Style’s page has an online question form, but it seems like it’s one of those “we’ll answer your question if we get to it” type of things. I need to ask questions...
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I’ve got one of those big red 20-gallon parts washers. You know the one. I mostly clean bicyle parts, and most bicycle lubricants are not petroleum-based. They’re usually plant or wax-based. The idea is that a water-based degreaser, like Simple Green, should have no problem cleaning the stuff. My experience is that Simple...
Trying to find the title of a book I read once...
OK, y’all. I’m trying to find a book I read many moons ago. I feel like it was by Diana Wynne Jones, but it’s not in her bibliography. Massive spoilers incoming, obviously, but I can’t remember what the spoilers are for....
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