Left click on the file link to open on line. Right click and click on "save target as" to download to your computer. If you are new to downloading, see below.
 

Download Library

IBC Mail-in Membership Application.pdf

Apply for IBC membership via mail.

IBC Constitution and Bylaws (multiple *.pdf files)

Available for IBC members in the "Better Bettas Files" section

IBC Standards  (multiple *.pdf files)

Available for IBC members in the "Better Bettas Files" section

IBC Show Results Form 2006-2007.xls

2006-2007 Show results reporting form for show chairs, in MSExcel format.

IBC 2007-2008 Show Entry Form and Class List.xls

2006-2007 Show Entry Form (Regular and New Breeder), in MSExcel format.

IBC 2006-2007 Show Entry Form and Class List.pdf

Same as above, in Adobe Acrobat format.

TA Library Order Form.pdf

List of available TA Articles to print and mail-order articles.

FLARE! Submission Guidelines.pdf

Complete guidelines for all Flare! submissions in downloadable Adobe Acrobat format.

Flare! Advertising Rate Card.pdf

Downloadable Adobe Acrobat brochure about advertising opportunities in Flare! incl. rate card.

IBC SMP Slide Show.ppt

Introduction to wild Betta species, available to all chapters of the IBC and other aquarium societies.

Newby System.pdf

Ken and Wanda Newby's Betta Drip System as seen in Flare!

Bettas And More.pdf

Complete Lucas FAMA Bibliography through 2001. Compiled by the Research and Grants Committee.

Bettas Science Fair Project.pdf

Idea for a Science Fair Project using Betta splendens to investigate animal behavior.

Supplement 1969-1974.pdf

A fairly complete scientific bibliography based on searching for "betta" from approximately 1969 through 1974.

Supplement 1975-1998.pdf

A fairly complete scientific bibliography based on searching for "betta" from approximately 1975 through 1998.

Supplement 1999-2003.pdf

A fairly complete scientific bibliography based on searching for "betta" from approximately 1999 through 2003.

New to Downloading files?

First, if you don't already have one, you should make a folder on your computer to store all of the downloads of present and future IBC documents. A suggestion would be to create a folder within your "documents folder" or "my documents folder", called "IBC Docs". That way you always put your downloads in the same place and know where to look later when you go to use them. When you see a file you want to download, right click on "Save target as..." and always put the file in the same "IBC Docs" folder.

Files that end in .doc () are documents that are created in Microsoft Word and can be downloaded and printed on your computer in Microsoft Word. If you don't have Word but have another word processing program, download it anyway and try to open it in your program. Some programs will convert the word document to your program..

Files that end in .xls () are documents that are created in the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet program and can be downloaded and printed on your computer or which is better, can be downloaded and filled out on your computer to be printed or e mailed to the show registrars. If you don't have Excel but have QuattroPro or the new free Open Office, you can download it and open those programs. There may be other spreadsheet programs that will convert an excel file. Try it.

Files that end in .ppt () are visual presentations created in Microsoft PowerPoint that can be downloaded, viewed and printed on a user's machine. For those without this program, Microsoft offers a free PowerPoint Viewer.

Files that end in .pdf () are Adobe Acrobat files and can be opened on most computers in Acrobat reader software which is included FREE on most newer computers. If it won't open on your computer you can go to

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

and download the latest version of the Reader software. It's FREE! Beware, it takes a while to load, but it's worth having on your computer because many long documents and catalogs are in Adobe which gives you an exact copy of any document on your screen as it would be in printed form and you can print the whole document or just portions of it.

Files that end in .jpg or .gif are images or pictures and can be downloaded the same way.