1. Introduction  
2. Survey Outline  
2.1. Imaging Data  
2.2. Target Selection  
2.3. Spectroscopy  
2.4. Calibration Warnings  
3. Construction of the DR9Q Catalog  
3.1. A Tool for the Visual Inspection  
3.2. Visual Inspection Procedure  
3.3. A Note on Damped Lyman Alpha Systems  
4. Automatic Redshift Estimate  
4.1. Selection of the Reference Sample  
4.2. Computing Principal Components  
4.3. Redshift Estimates for BOSS Quasars  
4.4. Comparison to HW10  
4.5. Emission Line Redshifts  
5. Broad Absorption Line Quasars  
5.2. Robustness of the Visual Detection of BALs  
5.3. Automatic Detection  
6. Description of the DR9Q Catalog  
7. Summary of Sample  
7.1. Broad View  
7.2. Spectral Index and Composite Spectra  
7.3. Rest Equivalent Widths in Individual Spectra  
7.4. Uniform Sample  
7.5. Multi Wavelength Matching  
8. Additional Quasars  
8.1. Additional Quasars from the Quasar Target List  
8.2. Galaxy Targets  
9. Conclusion