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====Part 3C: Search Archive.org==== | ====Part 3C: Search Archive.org==== | ||
Step 1. Go to [https://archive.org/ Archive.org]. <br> | 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 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 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> | Step 4. Copy the code below into your sandbox to add the gazetteer entry.<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | <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 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 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> | 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> | <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | ||
====Part 3D: Try the National Archive==== | |||
Step 1. Use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_archives Wikipedia's list of national archives] to find the archive for your country.<br> | |||
Step 2. Search the archive for gazetteers. You might have to translate "gazetteer" into that nation's language.<br> | |||
Step 3. Use the code belwo to add gazetteers from the archive. <br> | |||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | ||
Step | ====Part 3E: Add the link for World Gazetteers==== | ||
<pre> | Step 1. Automatically link to these websites: | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
Step 13: Google Search for the name of your country and online gazetteers. (Avoid gazetteers that aren't helpful like animal or weather gazetteers. A Wikipedia list of places ''might'' be helpful.)<br> | Step 13: Google Search for the name of your country and online gazetteers. (Avoid gazetteers that aren't helpful like animal or weather gazetteers. A Wikipedia list of places ''might'' be helpful.)<br> | ||