Looking for images to use?
Adding images to article pages in Physiopedia is a great idea! Not only do they make the page look nicer and help to engage the reader with the topic, they can also help to improve the readers understanding of the topic.
There are so many pictures out there on the web which we could use, but it is important in Physiopedia that we have permission to copy them before we use them. This is not often possible with pictures that are randomly found however there are a few good image libraries out there that have images that we can use. We recommend searching these libraries for images to decorate your page:
- Wikimedia Commons – A database of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. They have some good anatomy images including the full collection from Grays.
- Welcome Images – The Biomedical Collection holds over 40 000 high-quality images from the clinical and biomedical sciences. Selected from the UK’s leading teaching hospitals and research institutions, it covers disease, surgery, general healthcare, sciences from genetics to neuroscience including the full range of imaging techniques.
Both of these image libraries release most of their images under the Creative Commons Licence which allows users to copy, distribute and display the freely downloadable version of the image under the terms of this licence. It is important that when you upload an image from either of these sources to Physiopedia that you always add an attribution to the provider in the summary box. When a reader then clicks on an image in Physiopedia they will be taken to a specific Physiopedia page for that image where the attribution can be seen. For added attribution you could also reference it on the page in Physiopedia that you add it to!
Adding References
Physiopedia uses the Vancouver style of referencing as this is the style used in most leading medical journals. When, in your work, you have used an idea from a book, journal article, etc. you must acknowledge this in your text. This is referred to as ‘citing’. Each piece of work which is cited in your text should have a unique number, assigned in the order of citation. If, in your text, you cite a piece of work more than once, the same citation number should be used.
To cite a piece of work in Physiopedia follow these instructions:
- At the point where you wish to cite a piece of work, click on <R> in the toolbar of the editing box.
- A new editing box will pop-up on your screen.
- In this box you should write the reference in the ‘reference text’ box. Please use the Vancouver style of referencing.
- Then add a reference name. This could be ‘Smith and Jones’ or ‘Smith et al’ for example.
- Then click OK.
- Once you save the page that you are editing the reference for your cited piece of work will automatically appear at the bottom of the page.
If you wish to cite peice of work more than once on the same page:
- Complete the steps above for the first citation of that piece of work. When you come to cite the same piece of work again click on <R> in the toolbar again for the pop-up editing box to appear, but this time you need only fill in the reference name. This should be the same name that you gave to the reference the first time you cited it.
- If you do not know the name that has been given to the reference, for example if someone else added it, you can find it in the wikitext. Click on the wikitext link in the toolbar of the editing box. Look in the wikitext for the reference that you wish to cite for a second (or multiple) time. It should start with <ref name=”reference name”>
where “reference name” is the name that you are looking for. - If it does not have a reference name i.e. it just starts with <ref> and ends with </ref> you can add a reference name yourself by adding name=”reference name” inside the first <ref> tag so that it looks like this <ref name=”reference name”>.
For further explanation and more on Vancouver Referencing have a look at the Adding References user tutorial.
Adding Video
You can add video to any Physiopedia page as long as it has been uploaded to YouTube first.
Unfortunately it is not as simple as just adding the link that YouTube provide to the page that you are editing. To add video to a Physiopedia page, the video will need to be added directly to the wikitext.
So the firt step is to click on the Wikitext link in the toolbar of the editing box. Then add the following to the page where you want the video to appear:
- {{#ev:youtube|id}} -or-
- {{#ev:youtube|id|width}}
Where:
- id is the id of the video to include
- width (optional) is the width in pixels of the viewing area (height will be determined automatically)
See the Adding Video user tutorial for more information and advanced editing.
Adding Images
It is really useful to add images to Physiopedia articles, not only does it make the page far more aesthetically pleasing but it also compliments the writing on the page to help the reader understand the topic better. To add images to pages in Physiopedia you first need to upload the image to Physiopedia before inserting it on to your page, follow these instructions:
- Save the image to your computer
- Go to Physiopedia
- Click the Upload File button
- Fill in the details of the image in the pop-up box (including a short and appropriate destination name and its reference in the summary box)
- Click Upload File
- Go to the page you wish to add the image to
- Click the Edit tab to get the editing box open
- Place the cursor where you wish to insert the image
- Click on the insert/edit image button in the toolbar of the editing box
- Fill in the details of the pop-up box (the image file name is the same as the destination name that you gave it when you uploaded it to Physiopedia)
- Click OK
- Save the page that you are editing
Hey presto! The image will now be on the page that you are editing. As you have uploaded your image to Physiopedia it can now easily be used on numerous pages and if you filled in the reference for the image in the summary box when you uploaded it you will not need to reference it on the pages that it resides in Physiopedia.
For more information on adding images see the adding images user turorial.
