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University of Alberta Library Digital Collections

• Peel's Prairie Provinces

A collection of digitized materials reflecting western Canadian history and the culture of the Canadian prairies. Contains books, newspapers, images and more.

• University of Alberta Centenary Collection

A digitized collection of historical materials celebrating the rich history of the University of Alberta.

• University of Alberta Internet Archive Collection

Showcasing our contributions to the Internet Archive, a non-profit library of open access material. Notable collections include:

• Government of Alberta publications collection

This collection contains government publications created by the Government of Alberta’s ministries and agencies. Documents from most ministries and agencies are included, however, the collection heavily features content related to education (Alberta Education, Alberta Learning, Student Evaluation Branch, etc.) as well as resources and the environment.

• Alberta Homestead Records

A collection of homestead materials provided by the Provincial Archives of Alberta and the University of Alberta Library.

• CIHM Collection

The Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) Collection is a collection of early Canadiana materials.

• Wiedrick Historical Education Curriculum Collection

Print versions of this unique collection of textbooks that were approved for use in Alberta schools are housed in the Curriculum Historical Collection at the H.T. Coutts Education and Physical Education Library.

• University of Alberta Press

A collection of books from the University of Alberts Press with a focus on materials for scholars, citizens, and policymakers concerned with prairie, mountain, and circumpolar histories and cultures; First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies; literary and cultural studies; environmental studies; and Petrocultures.

• ERA: Education & Research Archive

The University of Alberta's institutional repository. ERA's open access content includes the intellectual output of the University and includes theses and dissertations.

Exemplar Wikipedia Pages

These are Wikipedia pages that are excellent examples as you learn and create your own. Please update this section if articles become out of date.

Biographies

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Alison Bechdel
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Emily Murphy (this is particularly interesting for its talk page discussion on content labelling Murphy a racist)
• Florence Fuller
• Katherine Johnson

Academic (several of these are rated C-class but each is a really solid starter article)

• Catherine Coleman Flowers
• Donna Haraway
• Jesmyn Ward

Geography

History

• Canadian Indian residential school system
• Chicago race riot of 1919

Issues

Subtopics

• Revolutionary activity of Vladimir Lenin

Alberta

Well-organized articles

Stub/short pages
Keep in mind you don't have to publish a robust article to make great contributions!

• Hereditary chiefs in Canada

Wikipedia Editing Tutorials

Philosophy & Policies

• Five pillars of Wikipedia, 5 primary philosophical guidelines and best practices for editing
• 3 core content policies: Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV), Verifiability (WP:V), No original research (WP:NOR)
• List of Policies and Guidelines
  • A one-pager on issues of citations and notability in Indigenous Wikipedia articles.
• FAQ on Conflict of Interest Editing
• FAQ on paid contributions without disclosure
• Evaluating Wikipedia articles

Account creation

• [Create a Wiki account]
• Check if a user name is taken
• Username policy about real names

General tutorials & guides

• Full set of training modules from WikiEdu
• Wikipedia introduction on one page
• Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive game to learn editing basic
• Visual Editor User Guide
• How to edit a page

Markup help

• Wiki markup quick reference, PDF version of the printed handout
• Wikipedia cheat sheet (Bookshelf), another markup cheatsheet

Images & Wikicommons

• A guide to contributing content to Wikimedia Commons
• 10 minute tutorial on contributing images and media files
• Adding copyrighted material (with permissions!) to Wikicommons
• Adding images with fair use rationale

Editing and creating pages

• Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources
• Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
• Biographies of Living Persons
• Writing about women
• Article development
• Your first article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
• Changing the name of a page, or moving a page

Templates and Styles

• Manual of style
• External Links vs Further reading sections
• Citation templates
• Infobox templates
• Library Resource box

Wikidata Tutorials

• Comprehensive 9 part series on Learning Wikidata (in French and English). Presentation slides (in PDF form) and session recordings are available. https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/wikidata/.

• (In development) Library Carpentry Wikidata workshop https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-wikidata/index.html