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3. Add all county histories not already listed on the Wiki page. <br>
3. Add all county histories not already listed on the Wiki page. <br>
4.'''You can go to a sandbox page or directly edit to the county page.  Because others maybe adding other content on county pages, we suggest working in one of your sandbox pages.''' <br>
5. Refer to the catalog entry for the book and use the following format to enter the information about the book on your sandbox page:<br>
:a. Start each entry with a bullet. <br>
:b. Title of book in italics<br>
:c. Year of publication<br>
:d. Add the word “By” and then put the author’s full name, starting with first name<br>
:e. Add publication information, using the following:  publication location, followed by colon, publisher.<br>
:f. Add the words "Online at:" at the end following the publisher.
:g. All Books should be placed in alphabetical order by title.
'''Example:'''<br>
:*''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska.'' 1890. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Pub. Co. Online at:
'''Wikitext example:'''<br>
:<nowiki>*''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska.'' 1890. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Pub. Co. Online at:</nowiki> <br>
'''Words of guidance:'''<br>
*Capitalize the complete title even though it is not in the catalog<br>
*If the title is really long, just give the first portion of the title and leave off the rest.<br>
*If there is ever information missing use the following guidelines:
**Missing author: leave it blank and move on to the publisher information.
**Missing publication date: use n.d.
**Missing publication place: use n.p.
**Missing publisher: use n.p.
'''Example of no author, no date of publication, no place of publication, and no publisher information:'''<br>
:''Niobrara Centennial 1856-1956.'' N.d. N.p: n.p.<br>


6. Add the link after the words "online at:" by copying and pasting the code below:  
6. Add the link after the words "online at:" by copying and pasting the code below:  
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