Adding Publications to the MediaCommons Database

Here are some brief notes about adding publications to the MediaCommons publications database and having them appear on your profile.

1. There are two ways to add a publication. Both are in the submenu that appears when you click “Edit” while viewing your profile. You can either import XML or tab-delimited files in formats like Bibtex (“Import”), or you can enter information manually (“Form”).

2. If it is your first time loading publications, you may need to take an additional step and link your author record to your profile. Author records can be found here:

http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/publications/authors

Note: It may be the case that your Author record was created by another user (for example, someone who co-authored a paper with you or someone who is just interested in your work). If that is the case, you may need to contact that person or the editors to request that your author record be linked to your user record.