- 1). Open a spreadsheet program on your computer.
- 2). Enter the name of each book in the first column.
- 3). Write the book's genre, such as "joke book" or "nursery rhyme," on the same row in the column next to it.
- 4). Write the name of the author, last name first, in the next column.
- 5). List the series the book is part of, if applicable. This will allow you to look up an entire series of books quickly and easily.
- 6). Type whether each book is fiction or nonfiction in the next column.
- 7). Repeat the above steps for each book you enter into your database, and then save it. When you are finished, you will have a complete inventory of your books, and you'll be able to quickly locate a book by genre, author, series or other criteria by simply sorting a column. Keep updating the inventory as you get new books.
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