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Sometimes you will find that an instalment of a story is missing from the database. If you can find it in Trove, you can add it. Watch a video tutorial on adding instalments here or follow these steps:

1. Make sure the instalment belongs to the title you are looking at in the database. As well as having the same “Publication Title” it should be published in the same newspaper in the same time period as the other instalments for that title
2. Click on the “Publication Title” that you want to add the instalment to
3. Click on the “Add Chapter” button at the top of the page
4. Enter the Article ID number from Trove. (This is the number that comes immediately after “article/” in the url. So if the url is “http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70465372” you would enter “70465372”)
5. Click “Get data from Trove”
6. If the article is already in the database you will not be able to add it again. (If this happens you might find the number you are trying to add in the “Article ID” column – maybe the chapter number or title has been entered incorrectly? If so see How do I edit the chapter number and/or title for an instalment?)
7. If the article is not already in the database you will be taken to a page where you can add the chapter number and title.
8. Click “Edit chapter details” and enter the chapter number and title listed in the newspaper. If there is no chapter number enter “None”; if there is no chapter title leave the field blank
9. Congratulations! You have added to our knowledge of fiction in Australian newspapers

Hint for finding missing instalments: look at other newspaper issues on the same day or days of the week, and on the same page number or numbers, as the other instalments. Go to the database to add a new instalment.

Note: When the Trove URL includes two Article ID numbers, separated by a forward slash, enter the second one. (So if the url is “http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70465372/73922936” you would enter “73922936”.)

This database is devoted to prose fiction – short stories, novellas and novels – in Australian newspapers digitised by Trove.

Watch a video tutorial on adding new stories to the database here, or follow these steps:

1. Login to the database (see See: How do I register as a member of the research community?)

2. If you discover a story in Trove first check to see that it is not already included in the database.

• Use the title of the story to search the “Publication Title” field
  • If the title you have found is not in the database, add it (see below)
  • If the title you have found is already in the database check to see what newspaper it appeared in
    • If the title you have found is in a different newspaper to the one in the database add it (see below)
    • If the title you have found is in the same newspaper to the one in the database but at a different time – i.e. a number of years or decades before or after – add it (see below)
• Even if the story is already known about it is important for our knowledge of the history of Australian writing, reading and publishing that different versions are identified and recorded.

3. Once you have confirmed that the story you have found is not in the database:

• Click on the green “Create Title” button on the search homepage. (This will become visible once you have entered your login details)
• Enter or select from the dropdown menu the information to describe the story you have found. If you are unsure of what information to enter in what field hover your mouse over the “i” icon beside the field name to see a description. If the author name is not already in the database see: How do I enter a new author in the database?
• Once you have entered information into all the compulsory fields (marked with an asterisks) and into any non-compulsory fields that you choose, press on the green “Create” button at the bottom of the page
• You will now need to populate your record with instalments or chapters of the story in the digitised newspapers. See: How do I add an instalment (parts or articles) to a story in the database?

If you are unsure of what type of records to add see: What type of new titles can I add to the database?)

You can only do this if you are adding a new title and the author is not already in the database (see: How do I add a new story I’ve discovered in Trove to the database?)

1. At the bottom of the page where you add information about a new story click on the blue “If you can’t find the author name in the list add it here” link
2. Enter or select the relevant information from the drop down menus. If you are unsure of what information to enter in what field hover your mouse over the “i” icon beside the field name to see a description
3. Once you have entered information into all the compulsory fields (marked with an asterisks) and into any non-compulsory fields that you choose, press on the green “Create” button at the bottom of the page
4. Go back to the page where you were creating a new title. You will now be able to enter this new author name

Go to the database to add a new a new author.

The newspapers digitised by Trove are added to the database on a regular basis. If the newspaper is not in the database contact Katherine Bode (see Project Contact) with the newspaper title and its Trove ID and it will be added for you.

1. Click the “Become Involved” button at the top of the home page
2. Enter the required information
3. Press “Submit”
4. Check your email for your username and password

One of the aims of asking people to add fiction they discover in Trove’s digitised newspapers is so that we can identify previously unknown stories and authors, and thus expand our knowledge of the history of Australian literature and literature in Australia. However, even if the story is already in the database, it will help researchers a lot if you add any new versions you discover (i.e. the story as it appears in a different newspaper or even in the same newspaper, years or decades before or after the available version). Discovering when, where and how fiction was not only published but republished will enable us to better understand the production, circulation and reception of literature in Australia by indicating, for instance, what fiction had the greatest (or smallest) circulations or readerships, as well as how newspaper editors sourced the fiction they published.