%0 Book Section %B Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide %D 1998 %T Data entry %A J. M. Briggs %A Benson, B.J. %A Hartman, M. %A Ingersoll, R. %E Michener, W.K. %E Porter, J.H. %E Stafford, S.G. %X One of the many issues that an information management specialist must consider is the need to convert data into a usable electronic format. This frequently means converting data collected in the field, usually on paper, into an electronic form that can then be used in a statistical or graphical package by the researcher. The purpose of this paper is to present guidelines that we have found useful in making this conversion as quick and error-free as possible. %B Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide %I Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico %C Albuquerque %G eng %U http://www.ecoinformatics.org/pubs/guide/briggs2.fv2.htm %M KNZ00623