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 ====Part 3B: Search the FamilySearch Catalog====
-Step 1: Go to the FamilySearch Catalog. <br>
+Step 1. Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. <br>
-Add publishing information. If the sources on the page aren't digitally available online, then place them under '''Print Only Gazetteers'''.<br>
+Step 2. Do a place name search for your country and find the gazetteers in the search results. <br>
+Step 3. Review the search results and decide which heading they go under. For example, books and microfilm go under the "print only..." heading. Anything digitized go under the "online..." heading.<br>
+Step 4. Copy the code below into your sandbox.<br>
 <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre>
-Step 9: Search "COUNTRY Gazetteer" at archive.org<br>
+Step 5. Add the URL from the catalog and then the title, book, author, publisher informaton and publication year from the catalog entry.<br>
+====Part 3C: Search Archive.org====
+Step 1. Go to [https://archive.org/ Archive.org]. <br>
+Step 2. Search for your country's (or territory's) name with the work gazetteer<br>
+Step 3. When you find a helpful gazetteer in the search results, click on it to open the entry for it. <br>
+Step 4. Copy the code below into your sandbox to add the gazetteer entry.<br>
 <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre>
+Step 5. Go back to the archive.org page you opened in step 3 and Copy the URL for that page. <br>
+Step 6.Return to your sandbox and add the information about the item you selected from Archive.org.<br>
 Step 10: Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?adv=1&lookfor%5B%5D=United+States.+Geographic+Names+Division.&type%5B%5D=author&bool%5B%5D=AND&yop=after&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br>
 <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre>