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Note: An appropriate entry must be added in journals, publishers, conferences, funding agencies or authors before it can be used in a publication.

Add/Edit Journal: Go here to add, edit or delete journals or magazines.
Add/Edit Conference: Go here to add or edit a conference.
Add/Edit Author: Go here to add or edit an author.
Add/Edit Funding Agency: Go here to add or edit a funding agency.
Add/Edit Publication: Go to either of the four subcategories to add, edit or delete publications.
Add/Edit Presenter: This is the same as Add/Edit Author.
Add/Edit Award: This is used to add or edit an award recieved by a member of IQIS.

Note: Clicking on Add/Edit Person, Award or Visit will bring you directly to the Add form.

These next two topics will probably only be edited by administration, but are included just in case:

Add/Edit Publication

Locator: Filled in if there are other publications on the page or the publication isn't easily found.
Article Number/Number of Pages: Some online journals, instead of having pages, have article numbers. In that case, these fields should be filled out.
Eprint: Only the subject and article number go here (eg quant-ph/0605###).
Note/Internal Note: Anything under Note is displayed openly, anything under internal note is saved but not shown to the public.

Add/Edit Conference

Proceedings Prefix/Postfix: If a series is selected, this text will appear before/after the series name:
Proceedings of the <Prefix> <Series> <Postfix>.
Abbreviated Name: An acronym/shortened name goes here. This will be what shows up on the edit publications page.

Add a Presentation

Locator: Filled in if there are other publications on the page or the publication isn't easily found.
Institution: The name of the parent organization or university.
Department: The name of the group or department within the institution.

Add/Edit Award

Recipient: Recipient must be a member of IQIS under Add/Edit Person
Awarding Institute: Must be listed under Add/Edit Funding Agency
Award Details: Include relevant award information (such as the amount).
Duration Begin/End Date: Fill these in if there are specific beginning or ending dates for the award.

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Last modified at 2:20 PM 7/27/2006. Created by Peter Gagliardi