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==Purpose== | ==Purpose== | ||
Adding online resources from the Missouri Digital Heritage webiste to Missouri county pages. | Adding online resources from the Missouri Digital Heritage webiste to Missouri county pages. | ||
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1. Go to the Wiki page for the county you are working on and see if there is already a list of local histories listed under the heading "Local Histories".<br> | 1. Go to the Wiki page for the county you are working on and see if there is already a list of local histories listed under the heading "Local Histories".<br> | ||
2. If there are books listed with links to digital images, go to Part A, Step | 2. If there are books listed with links to digital images, go to Part A, Step 3 below to reformat the links to match the instructions.<br> | ||
3. If there is not a link to a digital image of the book, start with Part D and slowly go through each website to see if an online version can be located. Then, use the instructions in Part A, Step 3 to format the links to match the instructions.<br> | 3. If there is not a link to a digital image of the book, start with Part D and slowly go through each website to see if an online version can be located. Then, use the instructions in Part A, Step 3 to format the links to match the instructions.<br> | ||
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4. Select your county and click "search"<br> | 4. Select your county and click "search"<br> | ||
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====Step 3: Add the county history links to the Wiki==== | |||
1. Go to the Local Histories heading on your county's Wiki page<br> | |||
2. Check each county history to make sure it's 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: | |||
<pre><nowikwi> [URL Missouri Digital History]</nowiki></pre> | |||
7. Replace "URL" with the URL of the county history.<br> | |||
8. Put "added county history links" in the summary. <br> | |||
9. Click save. <br> | |||
===Part B: Finding and Adding Links for Digital Images of Books to the Wiki When They are Not on the Wiki Page=== | ===Part B: Finding and Adding Links for Digital Images of Books to the Wiki When They are Not on the Wiki Page=== | ||