Cite Imperiia

Open Data, Shared Knowledge

The content of the Imperiia Project carries a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. This means that you are welcome to use the data, analysis, maps, and other resources for your own purposes so long as you:

  1. cite this project (do not claim the content as your own);
  2. share and share alike (do not deny access to others);
  3. use it for personal and academic, rather than commercial, purposes.

Cite an Item

The citation information for each Item is automatically generated at the bottom of the Item page. The basic format is:

"Item title," The Imperiia Project, accessed [insert date], http://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/[Item number].

Cite textual content from elsewhere in the site

Kelly O'Neill, The Imperiia Project, accessed [insert date], http://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu. 

Cite a map found on this site

[This pertains to maps original to the project, rather than to historical maps.]

Author. "Map Title" [map]. Scale. The Imperiia Project. Map URL (URL of the map itself, rather than the general site URL). (Date viewed). 

For example:

Kelly O'Neill. "Lake Baikal" [map]. Scale not given. The Imperiia Project, accessed August 2, 2016, https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files%2Fimperiia%2Foriginal%2F9eae3fced38b4db831397a1bfe30f0d5.png. 

Cite the Imperiia Map

Kelly O'Neill, Imperiia: Mapping the Russian Empire, accessed July 31, 2016, http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/886.

*Although there is no standard practice for this sort of thing, I highly recommend appending the link to the specific map view, if applicable. Simply click on the "Link" button in the top navigation bar and copy the static URL.

Cite a layer from the Imperiia Map

Layer Author. "Layer title" [map layer]. Layer URL. (Date accessed).

For example:

Rachel Koroloff, Alexander Tedeschi, Kelly O'Neill, "Provincial Towns" [map layer], accessed July 24, 2016, http://worldmap.harvard.edu/data/geonode:provincial_towns_895.