How-tos
Step-by-step: cataloguing, labelling, photographing, asking a forum for an identification.
- Ask for an identification online— How-to · Community
- Build a want list— How-to · Collecting
- Catalogue a backlog in a weekend— How-to · Curation
- Donate a collection to a museum— How-to · Legacy
- Field-collect at a pay-to-dig quarry— How-to · Field
- Photograph a specimen for identification— How-to · Photography
- Prepare a Green River fish plate— How-to · Preparation
- Read an old collection label— How-to · Provenance
- Sell a specimen legally— How-to · Market
- Set up a display case: lighting, UV, humidity— How-to · Display
- Ship a fragile specimen— How-to · Handling
- Trade with another collector— How-to · Market