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==== Wikitext Editing Instructions ==== | ==== Wikitext Editing Instructions ==== | ||
===== Locating and | ===== Locating and Adding Online County Histories on Google Books and Internet Archive ===== | ||
:a. Open a new tab at the top right of your screen to a blank Internet page. The new tab will look like a blank tab or it will have a plus sign in it. Click inside the empty tab to open the new page. To toggle between your county page and the new Internet page you open, click your mouse inside the tab for either page. | |||
:b. Copy this URL | |||
::http://books.google.com/ | ::http://books.google.com/ | ||
3. | 3. Paste the address into the address bar at the top of the page. | ||
4. Under "Researching A Topic" type your county name and Ohio and County History in the white search box. (Example: Mahoning County Ohio County History). | 4. Under "Researching A Topic" type your county name and Ohio and County History in the white search box. (Example: Mahoning County Ohio County History). | ||
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:a. Open the Google book to view. | :a. Open the Google book to view. | ||
:b. Look at the URL in the address bar at the top of the page. The beginning of URL should look like: | :b. Look at the URL in the address bar at the top of the page. The beginning of URL should look like: | ||
:: http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ | ::http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ | ||
:c.Copy only the part of the URL up to the end of the capital letters after the ?id=. | :c.Copy only the part of the URL up to the end of the capital letters after the ?id=. | ||
:d. Open a new page | :d. Open a new page | ||