Help:List types of document

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Expected entries

Entering a document

before entering a document, you need to check some things to easy your work and to avoid double entries.

Check:

  • if the document or source already exists in the database
  • if the author of the new entry already axists (if not, make first)
  • if the publisher exists (if not, make first)
  • if the language exists (if not, make first)

next make a new item

  • click new item
  • enter the exact name of the book and a short description and save
  • enter type of information (document or source or both) and add qualifier "type of document"
  • enter the field, time frame and importance

next, enter as much of the fields below as possible or appropriate

  • author (P41) (refers to existing items in the database)
  • publisher (P62) (refers to existing items in the database)
  • publication date (P40)
  • language (P35)
  • Copyright (P72) (copyright of the original document)


  • Copy available online (P37)(link to a copy of the document that is available online)
  • Source URL (P64) (link, in case of a website)
  • Internal image (P24) (for example the cover of a book, upload file first)
  • Backup document (P74) (if you have or made a backup document, or if it is a unique document you want to share, upload first)
    • Copyright (P72) as qualifier if you want to make the document only available to loged in users, or if the use is limited (see Help:List copyright)


  • mentions (P78) (refers to existing items in the database)
    • Page in the source (P25) as qualifier, specifies the place in the document where the reference is.



  • Note (P44) (you can add a note to the item or to any property as a qualifier, to mention needed additions or to question the content)
  • context (P47)(you can add a context note to any property to add extra information)
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