Template:Cite archival metadata
"[{{{url}}} {{{title}}}]". Prepared for the {{{repository}}}, {{{location}}}.
This template can be used to cite a finding aid or other instance of archival metadata. For open metadata released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation license please use Template:Cite_open_archival_metadata. This template was copied from the open archival metadata template and then changed to fit the needs of general archival metadata.
Usage
[edit]This template includes four required parameters (title, url, repository, and location) and three optional parameters (author, date, and accessdate).
{{Cite archival metadata
|author = [author(s) of document, if listed]
|title = [title of document]
|url = [URL of document]
|repository = [repository where the archival or special collection is held]
|location = [geographic location of the repository]
|date = [date document was published, if provided]
|accessdate = [date document was accessed online]
}}
Example
[edit]The syntax...
[edit]{{Cite archival metadata
|author = Finding aid authors: Amanda Clark and GlendaLynn Ainsworth
|title = Guide to the Richard L. and Claudia L. Bushman papers
|url = https://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%202052
|repository = L. Tom Perry Special Collections
|location = Provo, UT
|date = 2014
|accessdate = March 29, 2016
}}
...will produce
[edit]Example text.[1]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Finding aid authors: Amanda Clark and GlendaLynn Ainsworth (2014). "Guide to the Richard L. and Claudia L. Bushman papers". Prepared for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Provo, UT. Retrieved 29 March 2016.