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A collection of reference materials for researching Oregon-related topics. Be sure to check out WikiProject Resource Exchange, too!
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A collection of reference materials for researching Oregon-related topics. Be sure to check out WikiProject Resource Exchange, too!
Many books are available online, notably those that were published before 1923, whose copyright has expired. Many of those with expired copyright are available in full on Google Books, where they may be searched, or as downloadable PDF files.
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JSTOR (journal storage) is a for-fee web site that contains lots of academic journal articles. It's possible to get free access through various institutions, though; if you're a Multnomah County Library card holder, you can log in from anywhere:
JSTOR has a list of other Oregon institutions that provide free access to its database.
All OHQ volumes from 1900 through 1964 seem to be in the public domain (copyright was not renewed on those that needed it). All volumes 1900-1925 have been transcribed at Wikisource (with further proofreading of the transcriptions ongoing), and those from '25 to '64 are being transcribed bit by bit. The portal page on Wikisource is the best single point of reference for these editions, and includes a search engine which indexes all article titles and authors through 2017, as well as the contents of a substantial and growing portion of the public domain volumes:
wikisource:en:Oregon Historical Quarterly
Members of WikiProject Oregon own print copies of the following volumes, and can lend them or consult them for Wikipedia research:
Esprqii has:
Peteforsyth has:
{{cite gnis}}, for example:<ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis |id= |name= |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |accessdate= }}</ref>
As a rule of thumb, blogs usually do not meet Wikipedia's reliable source standards. They usually do not have a formal editorial process, so the blogger (or commenter) is typically the only person asserting facts.
There are, however, exceptions. When a blog does have a process for, and track record of, verifying important facts, or establishing the identity of its commenters, it may be reasonable to use it as a source for those things. In the ideal case, these processes would be stated explicitly, e.g. on the blog's "about" or "policy" page, enabling any Wikipedia editor to see, at minimum, that the blog has a clearly stated commitment. (The extent of that commitment, of course, is open to critique.)
Here is a list of some long-standing Oregon blogs with commentary on their suitability as sources:
(Not sure about the distinction between the two OHS libraries listed below? -Pete (talk) 23:38, 27 October 2012 (UTC))
First, to locate obtain coordinate data, use whichever method works best for you:
Paste the copied text into the target article. For example, Google Maps centered near Portland gives http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=45.516452,-122.645874&spn=0.214105,0.431213&z=12. Edit the text to 45.516452,-122.645874, replace the comma with a vertical bar, and surround it with the coord template: {{coord|45.516452|-122.645874|display=inline,title}}
Putting display=title is what gives an article its magic auto-extraction ability—and shows a coordinate at the top right of the article's page. There can be only one such "title" coordinate per article. Use display=inline or omit display=... altogether to get 45°30′59″N 122°38′45″W / 45.516452°N 122.645874°W.
There are several other useful options to {{coord}}, like a default scale, and the general map area so that the map page (which the generated URL links to) offers maps pertinent to that part of the world. The default coord is plenty useful; don't bewilder yourself with all its options until you really want a challenge. (Note that N S E W are acceptable ({{coord|45.516452|N|122.645874|W}}), but can be omitted with positive values for N and E, and negative for S and W.)
For example, the GNIS entry for Wallowa-Whitman National Forest gives 452000N 1170005W. Note that GNIS offers a choice of decimal coordinates or DMS (degrees, minutes, seconds). This form is DMS. Format it like this: {{coord|45|20|00|N|117|00|05|W}} giving 45°20′00″N 117°00′05″W / 45.33333°N 117.00139°W. Note that DMS format drops all the punctuation between the sets of numbers. Choose decimal format when selecting the feature detail to use decimal form. Note that the DMS values to {{coord}} must have NSEW qualifiers.
The Wikipedia Library has many references for which you can sign up--see the template below. Not all resources are open for sign up at any one time.
WP:ORE users who have access to paywalled online resources include: