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<br> '''If you paraphrase a block of text from a published work''', use the “reference” feature to cite the original work using whatever citation format you prefer, or which has already been in use on a page (creating a footnote at the end of the article). | <br> '''If you paraphrase a block of text from a published work''', use the “reference” feature to cite the original work using whatever citation format you prefer, or which has already been in use on a page (creating a footnote at the end of the article). | ||
See [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Clay_County,_Illinois#Boundary_Changes Clay County, Illinois Boundary Changes] as an example. | |||
'''If you list a database as a resource''', use the title of the collection and “deep link” directly to that database search page. | '''If you list a database as a resource''', use the title of the collection and “deep link” directly to that database search page. | ||
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'''If you list a book as a resource and that book is available digitally''', link directly to that book using whatever digital book website you are most comfortable using, and then place the name of that website in parenthesis after the title of the book. | '''If you list a book as a resource and that book is available digitally''', link directly to that book using whatever digital book website you are most comfortable using, and then place the name of that website in parenthesis after the title of the book. | ||
See [[Clay County, Illinois#Biography|Clay County, Illinois Biography]] as an example. | See [[Clay County, Illinois#Biography|Clay County, Illinois Biography]] as an example. | ||
:(Because you are not quoting the book or paraphrasing the contents of the book, you are not “citing” that book, you are listing it as a resource. Individuals who wish to read the book will have access to the author and publication information when they follow the link. There is no need to make an exhaustive list of places the book can be found, in the same way that it would not make sense to list every library where a book can be found.) | :(Because you are not quoting the book or paraphrasing the contents of the book, you are not “citing” that book, you are listing it as a resource. Individuals who wish to read the book will have access to the author and publication information when they follow the link. There is no need to make an exhaustive list of places the book can be found, in the same way that it would not make sense to list every library where a book can be found.) | ||