Add a new authority record

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From the main menu

 * 1) [[Image:addAuthority.png|500px|right|thumb|Add a new authority record from the main menu]]In the main menu, hover your cursor over "Add" and select "Authority records". Alternatively, navigate to an authority record view page and click the "Add new" button in the button block. The DCB takes you to a blank edit page for data entry.
 * 2) [[Image:saveAuthority.png|500px|right|thumb|Save the record (by clicking the Create button) or cancel it]]On loading, the edit page displays the record with all information areas closed; click on an information area to access the fields grouped under it.
 * 3) You can quit the process at any time by clicking the "cancel" button in the button block; no new record will be added.
 * 4) Click the create button in the button block to save the new record.

From a related resource description (Actor name field)

 * 1) [[Image:addNewEvent1.png|500px|right|thumb|A new actor name added to the event dialogue box creates a new authority record]]In a resource description edit page, add a new event. In the Actor name field, type in a new name. When you save the resource description, the DCB creates a new authority record for the name.

From an authority record view page
Click the Add new button in the button block of an authority record view page. This will open a blank edit page for data entry.