Revision as of 19:19, 22 October 2017

The 10 steps required for adding a new citation to this wiki are simple once you've done them a few times, but until then you may find the following notes useful.

Log into the wiki

a. Contact current wiki-admin if you don’t have a password (BUSLIB-BC members only)

Search by name (e.g., Infomart – Industry Report) for the page you want to create

a. Search box is at the bottom of the page

b. Use exactly the terms you want as the name of your page. Check the existing citation pages for inspiration

Click on the red text of the new page name in the search results

a. It will be in the bolded phrase “Create the page "[the text you searched for]" on this wiki!”

b. Note that you don’t have the ability to delete pages. If you accidentally create and save a page with the wrong name, let the wiki-admin know and they can delete it for you.

Enter the following text on the blank page: {{subst:CitationPage}}

a. This will add all the text and formatting of a citation page, complete with indents, bolding, etc., but you won’t see it until after you have saved it the first time.

Save the page

Click on Edit

Replace all the placeholder text in the template (e.g., “AAAAAA”) with text that is relevant to your citation

a. Look for instructions (text surrounded by <!-- and -->) on the edit screen) that will give you guidance on what content is expected.

b. Important: citation formats for many business resources can be interpreted in multiple ways. For this guide, any valid interpretations of the rules that allow a resource to be cited using the basic structure of -- Author. (date). Title. Retrieved from URL -- should take precedence.

c. Try to keep any notes as brief as possible. Use a brief phrase or sentence to indicate any specific issues (e.g., “missing title” or “corporate author”), then provide a link to the relevant page in the General Notes section for further details.

d. Also important: the annotated screen capture is one of the most valuable components of your citation page.

i. See citations already in the wiki for examples of screen captures.

ii. Software like FSCapture or Nimbus tend to make it pretty easy to capture and edit images from your database.

iii. Once you’ve created and edited the capture, save it, then enter that file name in the “BBBBBBB” portion of the citation template. See step #9 (Save it again) for next steps regarding the screen capture.

e. Delete all the instructions if you’d like to keep the edit screen clean. (They won’t show up outside of edit mode regardless.)

Add categories (tags) at the bottom:

a. Be sure to use the categories APA and Business, as well as ones for your database name and (if required) the database subsection/subtype.

b. Separate each category/tag by a semi-colon.

c. (I.e., always include both APA and Business as tags on any citations you submit, but also add some to reflect your specific resource.)

d. Optional: If you are planning to also create a landing page that lists only your library's resources, add your institution's initials as a tag as outlined on this page.

Save it again

a. After saving, you should see red text in the “here” part of Click here for details on where to find these elements within the document. Click on that “here” and upload a copy of your image. No tags/categories required.

Done!