Template:EB1/doc

Purpose
This template provides a means to link more easily from within the running text of articles in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1st ed., both at the main article space and from the page scans. It can also duplicate the functionality of existing templates to provide automatically–small capped links.

Examples
gives.

gives. [Note that this “1” can be set to any value—“yes”, “0”, “no”—other than an empty space and the link will still be formatted to small caps.]

gives but links to Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Abyss with the proper capitalization.

gives which links to the British subsection within the larger  article.

Note
This template still does not support the linking of article names that are themselves in all-caps:

gives.

Such names—when encountered, e.g., on the automated page scans—should still be formatted to their normal capitalization before being linked.