Template:Cite book
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{{Cite arXiv}} | arXiv preprint |
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{{Cite AV media}} | audio and visual |
{{Cite AV media notes}} | audio and visual liner notes |
{{Cite book}} | books |
{{Cite conference}} | conference papers |
{{Cite DVD notes}} | DVD liner notes |
{{Cite encyclopedia}} | edited collections |
{{Cite episode}} | radio or television episodes |
{{Cite interview}} | interviews |
{{Cite journal}} | magazines, journals, academic papers |
{{Cite mailing list}} | public mailing lists |
{{Cite map}} | maps |
{{Cite news}} | news articles |
{{Cite newsgroup}} | online newsgroups |
{{Cite podcast}} | audio or video podcast |
{{Cite press release}} | press releases |
{{Cite report}} | reports |
{{Cite serial}} | audio or video serials |
{{Cite sign}} | signs, plaques |
{{Cite speech}} | speeches |
{{Cite techreport}} | technical reports |
{{Cite thesis}} | theses |
{{Cite web}} | any resource accessible through a URL |
See also: | |
Meta-templates • Specific-source templates | |
This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for books. When citing an article in a periodical, use {{cite journal}}. For edited collections, use {{cite encyclopedia}}.
Usage
editCopy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then
the page.
To cite a book with a credited author
To cite a book with no credited author
To cite an online book that has been archived
To cite a book written in a foreign language
To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language book re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription
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Parameters | Prerequisites | Brief instructions / notes | Vertical list |
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last1 | may also use "last"; for additional authors, "last2", "last3", etc. | {{cite book |last1= |first1= |author-link1= |author-mask1= |last2= |first2= |display-authors= |last-author-amp= |date= |year= |orig-year= |chapter= |trans-chapter= |chapter-url= |chapter-format= |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |editor1-link= |editor1-mask= |display-editors= |title= |script-title= |trans-title= |url= |dead-url= |format= |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |others= |edition= |location= |publisher= |publication-date= |page= |pages= |at= |nopp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |registration= |subscription= |lay-summary= |lay-source= |lay-date= |quote= |name-list-format= |mode= |postscript= |ref= }} | |
first1 | last or last1 | may also use "first"; for additional authors, "first2", "first3", etc. | |
author-link1 | last or last1 | may also use "author-link" | |
author-mask1 | last or last1 | may also use "author-mask" | |
last2 | last1 | ||
first2 | last2 | ||
display-authors | last or last1 | ||
last-author-amp | last or last1 | ||
date | |||
year | |||
orig-year | year or date | ||
chapter | do not wikilink "chapter" if "chapterurl" is provided | ||
trans-chapter | chapter | ||
chapter-url | chapter | ||
chapter-format | chapter-url | ||
editor1-last | may also use "editor-last" | ||
editor1-first | editor1-last | may also use 'editor-first" | |
editor1-link | editor1-last | may also use "editor-link" | |
editor1-mask | editor1-last | ||
display-editors | |||
title | |||
script-title | |||
trans-title | title or script-title | ||
url | title or script-title | ||
dead-url | |||
format | url | ||
type | |||
series | |||
language | |||
volume | |||
issue | |||
others | |||
edition | |||
location | publisher | ||
publisher | |||
publication-date | |||
page | choose one: "page", "pages", or "at" | ||
pages | choose one: "page", "pages", or "at". Use when content on multiple pages supports the article text. | ||
at | choose one: "page", "pages", or "at" | ||
nopp | page or pages | set nopp to "yes" to suppress the "p." or "pp." before page numbers | |
arxiv | |||
asin | |||
bibcode | |||
doi | |||
doi-broken-date | doi | ||
isbn | always include ISBN, if one has been assigned | ||
issn | |||
jfm | |||
jstor | |||
lccn | |||
mr | |||
oclc | |||
ol | |||
osti | |||
pmc | |||
pmid | |||
rfc | |||
ssrn | |||
zbl | |||
id | |||
archive-url | archive-date, url | ||
archive-date | archive-url | ||
access-date | url | ||
via | |||
registration | |||
subscription | |||
lay-summary | |||
lay-source | lay-summary | ||
lay-date | lay-summary | ||
quote | |||
name-list-format | vanc to emulate Vancouver style
| ||
mode | cs1 or cs2
| ||
postscript | |||
ref | |||
If a field name is listed in the Prerequisites column it is a prerequisite for the field to the left. |
Examples
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Parameters
editSyntax
editNested parameters rely on their parent parameters:
- parent
- OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
- child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
- OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)
- Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if multiple aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show.
COinS
editThis template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata. Template:Crossref As a general rule, only one data item per parameter. Do not include explanatory or alternate text:
- Use
|date=27 September 2007
not|date=27 September 2007 (print version 25 September)
Use of templates within the citation template, is discouraged because many of these templates will add extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the metadata. Also, HTML entities, for example
, –
, etc, should not be used in parameters that contribute to the metadata. Do not include Wiki markup ''
(italic font) or '''
(bold font) because these markup characters will contaminate the metadata.
- COinS metadata is created for these parameters
|periodical=
,|journal=
,|newspaper=
,|magazine=
,|work=
,|website=
,|encyclopedia=
,|encyclopaedia=
,|dictionary=
|chapter=
,|contribution=
,|entry=
,|article=
,|section=
|title=
|publication-place=
,|publicationplace=
,|place=
,|location=
|date=
,|year=
,|publication-date=
,|publicationdate=
|series=
,|version=
|volume=
|issue=
,|number=
|page=
,|pages=
,|at=
|edition=
|publisher=
,|distributor=
,|institution=
|url=
|chapter-url=
,|chapterurl=
,|contribution-url=
,|contributionurl=
,|section-url=
,|sectionurl=
|author#=
,|author-last#=
,|author#-last=
,|last#=
,|surname#=
|author-first#=
,|author#-first=
,|first#=
,|given#=
- any of the named identifiers (
|isbn=
,|issn=
,|doi=
,|pmc=
, etc)
Deprecated
editThe following parameters are deprecated. Their use will place the page into Category:Pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameters:
- {{xtd|coauthor · coauthors}}: Use {{bxt|last#}} / {{bxt|first#}} or {{bxt|author}} or {{bxt|authors}}
- {{xtd|Ref}}: Use {{bxt|ref}}
Description
editAuthors
edit- last: Surname of author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. For corporate authors, simply use last to include the same format as the source. Aliases: last1, surname, surname1, author, author1.
- first: Given or first names of author, including title(s); for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. Aliases: first1, given, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
- OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through lastn, firstn where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each firstn requires a corresponding lastn). {{Crossref|See the display parameters to change how many authors are displayed.}} Aliases: surname1, given1 through surnamen, givenn, or author1 through authorn. For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use
|first1=...
|last1=...
|author2=...
. - author-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: author-link1, authorlink, authorlink1, author1-link, author1link.
- OR: for multiple authors, use author-link1 through author-linkn. Aliases: authorlink1 through authorlinkn, or author1-link through authorn-link, or author1link through authornlink.
- name-list-format: displays authors and editors in Vancouver style when set to
vanc
and when the list useslast
/first
parameters for the name list(s)
- vauthors: comma separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses:
|vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corporation))
- author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in
|vauthors=
as described above
- authors: Free-form list of author names; not an alias of last
- Template:Xtd: (deprecated)
Names of coauthors. Requires author, authors, or lastnInclude coauthors in author or authors or use separate authorn or lastn/firstn to list coauthors. - translator-last: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator1, translator1-last, translator-last1.
- translator-first: Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-first, translator1-first, translator-first1.
- OR: for multiple translators, use translator-last1, translator-first1 through translator-lastn, translator-firstn where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each translator-firstn requires a corresponding translator-lastn). Aliases: translator1-last, translator1-first through translatorn-last, translatorn-first, or translator1 through translatorn.
- translator-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: translator-link1, translator1-link.
- OR: for multiple translators, use translator-link1 through translator-linkn. Aliases: translator1-link through translatorn-link.
- others: To record other contributors to the work, including illustrators. For the parameter value, write Illustrated by John Smith.
- When using {{sfnote|lc=y}} or {{paren|lc=y}} styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field or else the anchor will not match the inline link.
Title
edit- title: Title of source. Can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Displays in italics. If script-title is defined, title holds romanized transliteration of title in script-title.
- script-title: Original title for languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, etc); not italicized, follows italicized transliteration defined in title. May be prefixed with an ISO 639-1 two-character code to help browsers properly display the script:
... |title=Tōkyō tawā |script-title=ja:東京タワー |trans-title=Tokyo Tower ...
- trans-title: English translation of the title if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after title; if url is defined, then trans-title is included in the link. Use of the language parameter is recommended.
- script-title: Original title for languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, etc); not italicized, follows italicized transliteration defined in title. May be prefixed with an ISO 639-1 two-character code to help browsers properly display the script:
- Titles containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded.
newline | [ | ] | | |
---|---|---|---|
space | [ | ] | | |
{{bracket|text}} | {{!}} – Template:Crossref |
- title-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the source named in title – do not use a web address; do not wikilink. Alias: titlelink.
- type: Provides additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case. Displays in parentheses following the title. Examples: Thesis, Booklet, CD liner, Press release. Alias: medium.
- chapter: The chapter heading of the source. May be wikilinked or may use chapter-url, but not both. Displays in quotes.
- trans-chapter: English translation of the chapter heading, if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after the chapter field; if chapter-url is defined, then trans-chapter is included in the link. Use of the language parameter is recommended.
- language: The language in which the source is written. Displays in parentheses with "in" before the language name or names. Use the full language name or ISO 639-1 code. When the source uses more than one language, list them individually, separated by commas, e.g.
|language=French, German
. The use of language names or language codes recognized by Wikimedia adds the page to the appropriate subcategory of CS1 foreign language sources; do not use templates or wikilinks. Note: When the language is "English" (or "en"), no language is displayed in the citation.
Date
edit- date: Date of source being referenced. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, season and year, or year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.[date 1] Required when year is used to disambiguate
{{sfn}}
links to multiple-work citations by the same author in the same year.[more] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after publisher. Template:Crossref
- For approximate year, precede with "
c.
", like this:|date=c. 1900
.
- For no date, or "undated", add as
|date=n.d.
- year: Year of source being referenced. Use of
|date=
is recommended unless all of the following conditions are met:
- The template uses
|ref=harv
, or the template is{{citation}}
, or|mode=cs2
- The
|date=
format is YYYY-MM-DD. - The citation requires a
CITEREF
disambiguator.
- The template uses
- orig-year: Original publication year; displays after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics. For example:
|orig-year=First published 1859
or|orig-year=Composed 1904
.
- ↑ Publication dates in references within an article should all have the same format. This may be a different format from that used for archive and access dates. Template:Crossref
Publisher
edit- publisher: Name of publisher; may be wikilinked if relevant. The publisher is the company that publishes the work being cited. Do not use the publisher parameter for the name of a work (e.g. a book, encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine, journal, website). Not normally used for periodicals. Corporate designations such as "Ltd", "Inc" or "GmbH" are not usually included. Omit where the publisher's name is substantially the same as the name of the work (for example, The New York Times Co. publishes The New York Times newspaper, so there is no reason to name the publisher). Displays after title; if work is defined, then publisher is enclosed in parentheses.
- place: Geographical place of publication; generally not wikilinked; omit when the name of the work includes the location; examples: The Boston Globe, The Times of India. Displays after the title; if work is defined, then location is enclosed in parentheses. Alias: location
- publication-place: If any one of publication-place, place or location are defined, then the location shows after the title; if publication-place and place or location are defined, then place or location are shown before the title prefixed with "written at" and publication-place is shown after the title.
- publication-date: Date of publication when different from the date the work was written. Displays only if year or date are defined and only if different, else publication-date is used and displayed as date. Use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. Follows publisher; if work is not defined, then publication-date is preceded by "published" and enclosed in parenthesis.
- via: Name of the content deliverer (if different from publisher). via is not a replacement for publisher, but provides additional detail. It may be used when the content deliverer presents the source in a format other than the original (e.g. NewsBank), when the URL provided does not make clear the identity of the deliverer, where no URL or DOI is available (EBSCO), if the deliverer requests attribution, or as requested in WP:The Wikipedia Library (e.g. Credo, HighBeam). Template:Crossref
Edition, series, volume
edit- edition: When the publication has more than one edition; for example: "2nd", "Revised", and so forth. Appends the string " ed." after the field, so
|edition=2nd
produces "2nd ed." Does not display if a periodical field is defined.
- series or version: When the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal where the issue numbering has restarted.
- volume: For one publication published in several volumes. Displays after the title and series fields; volumes of four characters or less display in bold.|Displays after the title and series fields; displays in bold. If bolding is not desired, then include the volume information in the title field.
In-source locations
edit- page: The number of a single page in the source that supports the content. Use either
|page=
or|pages=
, but not both. Displays preceded byp.
unless|nopp=y
. - OR: pages: A range of pages in the source that supports the content. Use either
|page=
or|pages=
, but not both. Separate using an en dash (–); separate non-sequential pages with a comma (,); do not use to indicate the total number of pages in the source. Displays preceded bypp.
unless|nopp=y
. Hyphens are automatically converted to en dashes; if hyphens are appropriate, for example: pp. 3-1–3-15, use|at=
.- nopp: Set to y, yes, or true to suppress the
p.
orpp.
notations where this is inappropriate; for example, where|page=Front cover
.
- nopp: Set to y, yes, or true to suppress the
- OR: at: For sources where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient. Overridden by
|page=
or|pages=
. Use only one of|page=
,|pages=
, or|at=
.
- Examples: page (p.) or pages (pp.); section (sec.), column (col.), paragraph (para.); track; hours, minutes and seconds; act, scene, canto, book, part, folio, stanza, back cover, liner notes, indicia, colophon, dust jacket, verse.
URL
edit- url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Cannot be used if title is wikilinked. If applicable, the link may point to the specific page(s) referenced. Remove spurious tracking parameters from URLs, e.g.
#ixzz2rBr3aO94
or?utm_source=google&utm_medium=...&utm_term=...&utm_campaign=...
. Do not link to any commercial booksellers, such as Amazon.com. See w:WP:PAGELINKS.- access-date: Full date when the content pointed to by url was last verified to support the text in the article; do not wikilink; requires url; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations.[date 1] Not required for linked documents that do not change. For example, access-date is not required for links to copies of published research papers accessed via DOI or a published book, but should be used for links to news articles on commercial websites (these can change from time to time, even if they are also published in a physical medium). Note that access-date is the date that the URL was checked to not just be working, but to support the assertion being cited (which the current version of the page may not do). Can be hidden or styled by registered editors. Alias: accessdate.
- archive-url: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite (see w:Wikipedia:Using WebCite) and Internet Archive (see w:Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine); requires archive-date and url. Alias: archiveurl.
- archive-date: Date when the original URL was archived; preceded by default text "archived from the original on". Use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations. This does not necessarily have to be the same format that was used for citing publication dates.[date 1] Do not wikilink. Alias: archivedate.
- dead-url: When the URL is still live, but pre-emptively archived, then set
|dead-url=no
. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end. When the original url has been usurped for the purposes of spam, advertising, or is otherwise unsuitable, setting|dead-url=unfit
or|dead-url=usurped
will not link to the original url in the rendered citation;|url=
is still required. Other accepted values are y, yes, or true. Alias: deadurl.
- template-doc-demo: The archive parameters will be error checked to ensure that all the required parameters are included, or else {{citation error}} is invoked. With errors, main, help and template pages are placed into one of the subcategories of Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set
|template-doc-demo=true
to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
- format: Format of the work referred to by url; for example: PDF, DOC, or XLS; displayed in parentheses after title. HTML is implied and should not be specified. Automatically added when a PDF icon is displayed. Does not change the external link icon. Note: External link icons do not include alt text; thus, they do not add format information for the visually impaired.
URLs must begin with a supported URI scheme. http://
and https://
will be supported by all browsers; however, ftp://
, gopher://
, irc://
, ircs://
, mailto:
and news:
may require a plug-in or an external application and should normally be avoided. IPv6 host-names are currently not supported.
If URLs in citation template parameters contain certain characters, then they will not display and link correctly. Those characters need to be percent-encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by %20
. To encode the URL, replace the following characters with:
Character | space | " | ' | < | > | [ | ] | { | | | } |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Encoding | %20 | %22 | %27 | %3C | %3E | %5B | %5D | %7B | %7C | %7D |
Single apostrophes do not need to be encoded; however, unencoded multiples will be parsed as italic or bold markup. Single curly closing braces also do not need to be encoded; however, an unencoded pair will be parsed as the double closing braces for the template transclusion.
- ↑ a b Access-date and archive-date in references should all have the same format – either the format used for publication dates, or YYYY-MM-DD. Template:Crossref
Chapter URL
edit- chapter-url: URL of an individual chapter of online source. Should be at the same site as url, if any. If chapter-url is used, url should only be used if the beginning of the work and the cited chapter are on separate webpages at the site. chapter may be wikilinked or chapter-url used, but not both. Aliases: chapterurl, contribution-url, section-url.
- chapter-format: Format of the work referred to by chapter-url; for example: PDF, DOC, or XLS; displayed in parentheses after chapter. HTML is implied and should not be specified. Does not change the external link icon. Note: External link icons do not include alt text; thus, they do not add format information for the visually impaired.
Anchor
editTemplate:Citation Style documentation/ref
Identifiers
edit- id: A unique identifier, used where none of the specialized identifiers are applicable; wikilink or use a template as applicable.
These identifiers create links and are designed to accept a single value. Using multiple values or other text will break the link and/or invalidate the identifier. In general, the parameters should include only the variable part of the identifier, e.g. rfc=822
or pmc=345678
.
- arxiv: w:arXiv identifier; for example:
arxiv=hep-th/9205027
(before April 2007) orarxiv=0706.0001
orarxiv=1501.00001
(since April 2007). Do not include extraneous file extensions like ".pdf" or ".html". - asin: w:Amazon Standard Identification Number; if first character of asin value is a digit, use isbn.
- asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values:
au
,br
,ca
,cn
,co.jp
,co.uk
,de
,es
,fr
,it
,mx
- asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values:
- bibcode: w:Bibcode; used by a number of astronomical data systems; for example:
1974AJ.....79..819H
- doi: w:Digital object identifier; for example:
10.1038/news070508-7
. It is checked to ensure it begins with (10.
).- doi-broken-date: Date the DOI was found to be non-working at http://dx.doi.org. Use the same format as other dates in the article. Alias: doi_brokendate, doi-inactive-date
- isbn: w:International Standard Book Number; for example:
978-0-8126-9593-9
. Template:Crossref Dashes in the ISBN are optional, but preferred. Use the ISBN actually printed on or in the book. Use the 13-digit ISBN – beginning with 978 or 979 – when it is available. If only a 10-digit ISBN is printed on or in the book, use it. ISBNs can be found on the page with the publisher's information – usually the back of the title page – or beneath the barcode as a number beginning with 978 or 979 (barcodes beginning with any other numbers are not ISBNs). For sources with the older 9-digit SBN system, prefix the number with a zero; thus, SBN 902888-45-5 should be entered as|isbn=0-902888-45-5
. Do not convert a 10-digit ISBN to 13-digit by just adding the 978 prefix; the last digit is a calculated check digit and just making changes to the numbers will make the ISBN invalid. This parameter should hold only the ISBN without any additional characters. It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than numbers, spaces, and hyphens, with "X" permitted as the last character in a 10-digit ISBN – and the proper check digit. Alias: ISBN - ismn: w:International Standard Music Number; for example:
979-0-9016791-7-7
. w:Hyphens or spaces in the ISMN are optional. Use the ISMN actually printed on or in the work. This parameter should hold only the ISMN without any additional characters. It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than numbers, spaces, and hyphens – and the proper check digit. Alias: ISMN - issn: w:International Standard Serial Number; eight characters may be split into two groups of four using a w:hyphen, but not an en dash or a space.
- jfm: w:Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik
- jstor: w:JSTOR abstract; for example:
jstor=3793107
will generate w:JSTOR 3793107. - lccn: w:Library of Congress Control Number. When present, alphabetic prefix characters are to be lower case.
- mr: w:Mathematical Reviews
- oclc: OCLC; WorldCat's (Online Computer Library Center)
- ol: w:Open Library identifier; do not include "OL" in the value.
- osti: w:Office of Scientific and Technical Information
- pmc: w:PubMed Central; use article number for full-text free repository of a journal article, e.g.
pmc=345678
. Do not include "PMC" in the value. Template:Crossref- embargo: Date that pmc goes live; if this date is in the future, then pmc is not linked until that date.
- pmid: w:PubMed; use unique identifier. Template:Crossref
- rfc: w:Request for Comments
- ssrn: w:Social Science Research Network
- zbl: w:Zentralblatt MATH
Quote
edit- quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote needs to include terminating punctuation.
Editors
edit- editor-last: Surname of editor. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Where the surname is usually written first—as in Chinese—or for corporate authors, simply use editor-last to include the same format as the source. Aliases: editor-last1, editor-surname, editor-surname1, editor1-last, editor, editor1.
- editor-first: Given or first names of editor, including title(s); example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Aliases: editor-first1, editor-given, editor-given1, editor1-first.
- OR: for multiple editors, use editor-last1, editor-first1 through editor-lastn, editor-firstn (Aliases: editor-surnamen or editorn-last; editor-givenn or editorn-first; editorn). For an individual editor plus an institutional editor, you can use
|editor-first1=...
|editor-last1=...
|editor2=...
.
- editor-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor—not the editor's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: editor-link1.
- OR: for multiple editors, use editor-link1 through editor-linkn (alias editorn-link).
- name-list-format: displays authors and editors in Vancouver style when set to
vanc
and when the list useslast
/first
parameters for the name list(s)
- veditors: comma separated list of editor names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional names in doubled parentheses:
|veditors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corporation))
- editor-linkn and editor-maskn may be used for the individual names in
|veditors=
, as described above
- editor-linkn and editor-maskn may be used for the individual names in
- editors: Free-form list of editor names; not an alias of editor-last
- Display:
- If authors: Authors are first, followed by the included work, then "In" and the editors, then the main work.
- If no authors: Editors appear before the included work; a single editor is followed by "ed."; multiple editors are followed by "eds."
- Exactly four editors will show three editors followed by "et al." then "(eds.)" or "eds." (depending upon presence of authors). When five or more editors are listed, all of them will be displayed. Use display-editors to control the length of the displayed editor name list and to specify when "et al." is included.
Laysummary
edit- lay-url: URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; the URL title is set to "Lay summary". Aliases: lay-summary, laysummary.
- lay-source: Name of the source of the laysummary. Displays in italics and preceded by an endash. Alias: laysource.
- lay-date: Date of the summary. Displays in parentheses. Alias: laydate.
Display options
edit- mode: Sets element separator, default terminal punctuation, and certain capitalization according to the value provided. For
|mode=cs1
, element separator is a semicolon (;
); terminal punctuation is a period (.
); where appropriate, initial letters of certain words are capitalized ('Retrieved...'). For|mode=cs2
, element separator is a comma (,
); terminal punctuation is omitted; where appropriate, initial letters of certain words are not capitalized ('retrieved...'). To override default terminal punctuation use postscript. - author-mask: Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text. Set author-mask to a numeric value n to set the dash n em spaces wide; set author-mask to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, "with". You must still include the values for all authors for metadata purposes. Primarily intended for use with bibliographies or bibliography styles where multiple works by a single author are listed sequentially such as Template:Sfnote. Do not use in a list generated by
{{reflist}}
,<references />
or similar as there is no control of the order in which references are displayed. You can also use editor-mask and translator-mask in the same way. - display-authors: Controls the number of author names that are displayed when a citation is published. To change the displayed number of authors, set display-authors to the desired number. For example,
|display-authors=2
will display only the first two authors in a citation. By default, all authors are displayed.|display-authors=etal
displays all authors in the list followed by et al. Aliases: displayauthors. - display-editors: Controls the number of editor names that are displayed when a citation is published. To change the displayed number of editors, set display-editors to the desired number. For example,
|display-editors=2
will display only the first two editors in a citation. By default, all editors are displayed except when there are four editors, then the editor list in the citation is truncated to three editors, followed by "et al." This exception mimics the older version of the template for compatibility. If a citation contains four editor names and one wishes all four editor names to display, "et al." may be suppressed by setting|display-editors=4
.|display-editors=etal
displays all editors in the list followed by et al. Aliases: displayeditors. - last-author-amp: Switches the separator between the last two names of the author list to space ampersand space (
&
) when set toy
,yes
, ortrue
. Example:|last-author-amp=yes
- postscript: Controls the closing punctuation for a citation; defaults to a period (
.
); for no terminating punctuation, specify|postscript=none
– leaving|postscript=
empty is the same as omitting it, but is ambiguous. Ignored if quote is defined.
Subscription or registration required
editThese parameters add a link note to the end of the citation:
- registration: For online sources that require registration, set
|registration=yes
(ory
, ortrue
); superseded by subscription if both are set. - subscription: For online sources that require a subscription, set
|subscription=yes
(ory
, ortrue
); supersedes registration if both are set.
TemplateData
editTemplateData for Cite book
This template formats a citation to a book using the provided bibliographic information (such as author and title) as well as various formatting options.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
URL | url URL | The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found | String | optional |
Title | title | The title of the book; displays in italics | String | required |
Last name | last last1 author author1 authors | The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Unknown | suggested |
First name | first first1 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Unknown | suggested |
Last name 2 | last2 author2 | The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Unknown | optional |
First name 2 | first2 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Unknown | optional |
Last name 3 | last3 author3 | The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'. | Unknown | optional |
First name 3 | first3 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Last name 4 | last4 author4 | The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'. | Unknown | optional |
First name 4 | first4 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Last name 5 | last5 author5 | The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'. | Unknown | optional |
First name 5 | first5 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Last name 6 | last6 author6 | The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'. | Unknown | optional |
First name 6 | first6 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Last name 7 | last7 author7 | The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'. | Unknown | optional |
First name 7 | first7 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Last name 8 | last8 author8 | The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'. | Unknown | optional |
First name 8 | first8 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Last name 9 | last9 author9 | The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author. | Unknown | optional |
First name 9 | first9 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
date | date | Full date of the source; do not wikilink | String | optional |
Work | work | Name of the work in which the cited book text is found | String | optional |
Publisher | publisher | Name of the publisher; displays after title | String | suggested |
Others | others | Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith' | String | optional |
Year of publication | year | Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known | String | suggested |
ISBN | isbn | International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible | String | suggested |
Editor last name | editor-last editor editor-last1 editors | The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors | Unknown | optional |
Editor first name | editor-first editor-first1 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors | Unknown | optional |
Link for editor | editor-link editor1-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor | Page name | optional |
Edition | edition | When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed by ' ed.' | String | optional |
Series identifier | series version | Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal | String | optional |
Volume | volume | For one publication published in several volumes | String | optional |
Location of publication | location place | Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place | String | suggested |
Place of publication | publication-place | Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at' | String | optional |
Publication date | publication-date | Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink | String | optional |
Page | page | The number of a single page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'; use either page= or pages=, but not both | String | optional |
Page(s) cited | pages | A range of pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'; use either page= or pages=, but not both | String | suggested |
No pp | nopp | Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover') | String | optional |
At | at | May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient | String | optional |
Language | language | The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates | String | optional |
Script title | script-title | For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:... | String | optional |
Translated title | trans-title | An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended | String | optional |
Chapter | chapter | The chapter heading of the source; may be wikilinked or with 'chapterurl' but not both | String | optional |
Translated chapter | trans-chapter | An English language chapter heading, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended | String | optional |
Type | type | Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case | String | optional |
Format | format | Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML | String | optional |
arXiv identifier | arxiv | An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers | String | optional |
ASIN | asin | Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters | String | optional |
ASIN TLD | asin-tld | ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US | String | optional |
Bibcode | bibcode | Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters | String | optional |
DOI | doi | Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.' | String | optional |
ISSN | issn | International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen | String | optional |
jfm code | jfm | Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code | String | optional |
JSTOR | jstor | JSTOR identifier | String | optional |
LCCN | lccn | Library of Congress Control Number | String | optional |
MR | mr | Mathematical Reviews identifier | String | optional |
OCLC | oclc | Online Computer Library Center number | String | optional |
OL | ol | Open Library identifier; do not include "OL" at beginning of identifier | String | optional |
OSTI | osti | Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier | String | optional |
PMC | pmc | PubMed Center article number | String | optional |
PMID | pmid | PubMed Unique Identifier | String | optional |
RFC | rfc | Request for Comments number | String | optional |
SSRN | ssrn | Social Science Research Network | String | optional |
Zbl | zbl | Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier | String | optional |
id | id | A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable | String | optional |
Quote | quote | Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation | String | optional |
Ref | ref | An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv and sfn templates | String | optional |
Name list format | name-list-format | Accepts the single keyword 'vanc' to emulate Vancouver Style author / editor name-lists. | String | optional |
Mode | mode | Sets separator and terminal punctuation to the style named in the assigned value; allowable values are: 'cs1' or 'cs2' | String | optional |
Postscript | postscript | The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none'
| String | optional |
Registration | registration | For online sources that require registration, set to 'yes' (or 'y', or 'true'); superseded by subscription if both are set | String | optional |
Subscription | subscription | For online sources that require subscription, set to 'yes' (or 'y', or 'true'); supersedes registration if both are set | String | optional |
Author mask | author-mask authormask authormask1 | Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 2 | author-mask2 authormask2 | Replaces the name of the second author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 3 | author-mask3 authormask3 | Replaces the name of the third author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 4 | author-mask4 authormask4 | Replaces the name of the fourth author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 5 | author-mask5 authormask5 | Replaces the name of the fifth author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 6 | author-mask6 authormask6 | Replaces the name of the sixth author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 7 | author-mask7 authormask7 | Replaces the name of the seventh author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 8 | author-mask8 authormask8 | Replaces the name of the eighth author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Author mask 9 | author-mask9 authormask9 | Replaces the name of the ninth author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead | String | optional |
Display authors | display-authors displayauthors | number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used | Number | optional |
Author link | author-link authorlink1 authorlink | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Page name | optional |
Author link 2 | author-link2 author2-link authorlink2 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Page name | optional |
Author link 3 | author-link3 author3-link authorlink3 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author. | Page name | optional |
Author link 4 | author-link4 author4-link authorlink4 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author. | Page name | optional |
Author link 5 | author-link5 author5-link authorlink5 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author. | Page name | optional |
Author link 6 | author-link6 author6-link authorlink6 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author. | Page name | optional |
Author link 7 | author-link7 author7-link authorlink7 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author. | Page name | optional |
Author link 8 | author-link8 author8-link authorlink8 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author. | Page name | optional |
Author link 9 | author-link9 author9-link authorlink9 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author. | Page name | optional |
URL access date | access-date accessdate | The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink | String | optional |
Original year | orig-year origyear | Original year of publication; provide specifics | String | optional |
Last name of second editor | editor-last2 editor2-last | The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link' | String | optional |
First name of second editor | editor-first2 editor2-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link' | String | optional |
Link for second editor | editor-link2 editor2-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of third editor | editor-last3 editor3-last | The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link' | String | optional |
First name of third editor | editor-first3 editor3-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link' | String | optional |
Link for third editor | editor-link3 editor3-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of fourth editor | editor-last4 editor4-last | The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link' | String | optional |
First name of fourth editor | editor-first4 editor4-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link' | String | optional |
Link for fourth editor | editor-link4 editor4-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of fifth editor | editor-last5 editor5-last | The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link' | String | optional |
First name of fifth editor | editor-first5 editor5-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link' | String | optional |
Link for fifth editor | editor-link5 editor5-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of sixth editor | editor-last6 editor6-last | The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link' | String | optional |
First name of sixth editor | editor-first6 editor6-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link' | String | optional |
Link for sixth editor | editor-link6 editor6-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of seventh editor | editor-last7 editor7-last | The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link' | String | optional |
First name of seventh editor | editor-first7 editor7-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link' | String | optional |
Link for seventh editor | editor-link7 editor7-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of eighth editor | editor-last8 editor8-last | The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link' | String | optional |
First name of eighth editor | editor-first8 editor8-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link' | String | optional |
Link for eighth editor | editor-link8 editor8-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of ninth editor | editor-last9 editor9-last | The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link' | String | optional |
First name of ninth editor | editor-first9 editor9-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link' | String | optional |
Link for ninth editor | editor-link9 editor9-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor | Page name | optional |
Chapter URL | chapter-url chapterurl | The URL of the online location where the text of the chapter can be found | String | optional |
DOI broken date | doi-broken-date doi_brokendate | The date that the DOI was determined to be broken | String | optional |
Archive URL | archive-url archiveurl | The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate' | String | optional |
Archive date | archive-date archivedate | Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink | String | optional |
Dead URL | dead-url deadurl | If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live | String | optional |
Lay URL | lay-url laysummary layurl | URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source | String | optional |
Lay source | lay-source laysource | Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash | String | optional |
Lay date | lay-date laydate | Date of the summary; displays in parentheses | String | optional |
Last author ampersand | last-author-amp lastauthoramp | When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space' | String | optional |
See also
editTemplate:Citation Style 1 Template:Wikipedia referencing Template:UF-COinS