“ There are many ways to create your own scan, using special book scanning machines or just a digital camera. If you have scanned a book yourself you can convert it to either DjVu or PDF format with your own software. You can also upload the scans to a website like the Internet Archive, which will be easier. They will convert your scans and you can download the file you need from their website. ”

“ Perform a Wikisource-specific search using an external engine, eg. Google Uploading the scan
⁠See also: Help:Adding images Usually, the DjVu or PDF file should be uploaded directly to Wikimedia Commons (one of Wikisource's sister sites that holds images and files for general use) . However, Commons chooses to respect the copyright laws of the home country of any work, which Wikisource does not. In cases where non-United States publications are in the public domain in the United States but not in their home countries, they should be uploaded directly to Wikisource instead. ”

“ Use the search box which is on every page. A drop down list of titles will match the characters as typed. Look on the author's page, which should list their works. Perform an advanced search on the title, author, or a short phrase from the text. ”