Create an authority term

First, make sure the authority term doesn't exist, so that you don't create duplicate terms.

Before you begin

  1. Click into the relevant authority field.

  2. Enter your term into the field and press Enter to check if it already exists.

  3. Try alternate spellings.

  4. Try entering the first few characters of the term and then a right square bracket (a search operator). For example, you could enter photo] in the Object Type field to find terms that start with photo, such as photograph, photography, or photographic.

Steps

  1. If the term doesn't exist, click into the empty authority field and click Go To on the toolbar.

  2. In the authority term window, in Name, enter the new term.

  3. Click Save, then close the window.

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