Authors and MIT Authors Only
- Individually enter the names of all Authors of the item in the Authors field regardless of Affiliation
- Last Name, First Name M., Jr.
- Individually enter the names of all MIT Authors in the MIT Authors Only field
- Assume that all Authors are MIT Authors unless otherwise indicated on the item
- Author affiliation is most often denoted by a number or symbol, following the name, which corresponds to a list of affiliated institutions listed below. In some cases authors are listed in groups by their affiliation. Often this information is found on the first page of an item or in a footnote - you may also need to scroll to the end of an article to locate the affiliation information
- IF an item was published between 2008 - 2011: check MIT directory or DLC website for the appropriate form of the authors name (enter this form in both fields)
- Author names for items published prior to 2008 do not need to be check, enter name as it appears on the item
- If the name is not in the MIT directory it will still be entered in as an MIT Author. In this case, enter the name as it appears on the item.
- If you are unable to determine if A. Smith is Adam or Alison use only the initial A.
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