id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7419 Help:Authority control - Wikipedia .html text/html 743 110 53 Help:Authority control Wikipedia Wikipedia help page about authority control For editor information, see Wikipedia:Authority control. Wikipedia information page Authority control is a way of associating a unique identifier to articles on Wikipedia. When used, authority control data links can be found near the bottom of Wikipedia pages, linking to bibliographical records on worldwide library catalogs. Authority control enables researchers to search more easily for pertinent information on the subject of an article, without needing to disambiguate the subject manually. More generally, authority control is a method of creating and maintaining index terms for bibliographical material in a library catalogue. The abbreviations in the box represent the following: Virtual International Authority File (VIAF); Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN); Standard Name Identifier (ISNI); and Integrated Authority File (GND), Gemeinsame Normdatei in German. Main page: Module:Authority control Supported authority files on the English Wikipedia include, among others: Categories: Wikipedia information pages ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7419.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7419.txt