Template:MHL catalog/doc

Description
MHL catalog is a template used to generate an external link to an entry for an individual at the Margaret Herrick Library at the Margaret Herrick Library. In an article it should only be used in the "External links" section.


 * For a person, use MHL catalog.

Usage
The required parameter is the ID number. The template then uses the article title as the anchor text:

This is necessary when adding a Margaret Herrick Library link to an article about somebody or something other than the linked work (for example, if you include the Margaret Herrick Library link for Katharine Hepburn on a talk page, you must specify Katharine Hepburn as the second parameter).

Detailed instructions

 * 1) Copy and paste one of the options above into the article's External links section
 * 2) Go to Margaret Herrick Library and search for the work you want (say, Katharine Hepburn papers; you'll reach  )
 * 3) Click on the correct Katharine Hepburn papers in the list (usually the first); this will bring up the page
 * 4) Copy  the number (here, " ")
 * 5) Replace " " in the template code with the number
 * For the first option above, you'll then have
 * resulting in:
 * Note that the link text is the same as the title of the page the template is used on; outside the page Katharine Hepburn, use the second option:
 * Replace " " with the number and " " with " "
 * results in:
 * results in: