Template:Cite book
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Usage
edit- To cite a book with a credited author
{{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn= |accessdate= }}
- To cite a book with no credited author
{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |date= |isbn= |accessdate= }}
- To cite an online book that has been archived
{{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |deadurl= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= }}
- To cite a book written in a foreign language
{{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |trans_title= |url= |language= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |accessdate= }}
- To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language book re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription
{{cite book |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |trans_title= |url= |deadurl= |format= |language= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |via= |subscription= |quote= }}
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{{cite book |last1= |first1= |author-link1= |last2= |first2= |author-link2= |last3= |first3= |author-link3= |last4= |first4= |author-link4= |last5= |first5= |author-link5= |display-authors= |author-mask= |author-name-separator= |author-separator= |lastauthoramp= |date= |year= |origyear= |chapter= |trans_chapter= |chapterurl= |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |editor1-link= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor2-link= |editor3-last= |editor3-first= |editor3-link= |editor4-last= |editor4-first= |editor4-link= |editor5-last= |editor5-first= |editor5-link= |display-editors= |title= |trans_title= |url= |deadurl= |format= |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |others= |edition= |location= |publisher= |publication-date= |page= |pages= |at= |nopp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi_brokendate= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |via= |registration= |subscription= |laysummary= |laysource= |laydate= |quote= |separator= |postscript= |ref= }}
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{{cite book | last1 = | first1 = | author-link1 = | last2 = | first2 = | author-link2 = | last3 = | first3 = | author-link3 = | last4 = | first4 = | author-link4 = | last5 = | first5 = | author-link5 = | display-authors = | author-mask = | author-name-separator = | author-separator = | lastauthoramp = | date = | year = | origyear = | chapter = | trans_chapter = | chapterurl = | editor1-last = | editor1-first = | editor1-link = | editor2-last = | editor2-first = | editor2-link = | editor3-last = | editor3-first = | editor3-link = | editor4-last = | editor4-first = | editor4-link = | editor5-last = | editor5-first = | editor5-link = | display-editors = | title = | trans_title = | url = | deadurl = | format = | type = | series = | language = | volume = | issue = | others = | edition = | location = | publisher = | publication-date = | page = | pages = | at = | nopp = | arxiv = | asin = | bibcode = | doi = | doi_brokendate = | isbn = | issn = | jfm = | jstor = | lccn = | mr = | oclc = | ol = | osti = | pmc = | pmid = | rfc = | ssrn = | zbl = | id = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = | via = | registration = | subscription = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = | separator = | postscript = | ref = }}
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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 | |
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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 author author1 authors last1 | 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 |
Author link | authorlink authorlink1 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Page name | optional |
Last name of second author | 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 of second author | 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 |
Author link for second author | authorlink2 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Page name | optional |
Last name | last3 author3 | The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'. | Unknown | optional |
First name | first3 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Author link | authorlink3 author3-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author. | Page name | optional |
Last name | last4 author4 | The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'. | Unknown | optional |
First name | first4 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Author link | authorlink4 author4-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author. | Page name | optional |
Last name | last5 author5 | The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'. | Unknown | optional |
First name | first5 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Author link | authorlink5 author5-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author. | Page name | optional |
Last name | last6 author6 | The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'. | Unknown | optional |
First name | first6 author6-link | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Author link | authorlink6 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author. | Page name | optional |
Last name | last7 author7 | The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'. | Unknown | optional |
First name | first7 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Author link | authorlink7 author7-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author. | Page name | optional |
Last name | last8 author8 | The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'. | Unknown | optional |
First name | first8 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Author link | authorlink8 author8-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author. | Page name | optional |
Last name | 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 | first9 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
Author link | authorlink9 author9-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author. | Page name | 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 |
URL access date | accessdate | The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink | String | optional |
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 |
Original year | origyear | Original year of publication; provide specifics | String | optional |
ISBN | isbn | International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible | String | suggested |
Editor last name | editor-last editor editor1-last 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 editor1-first | 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 |
Editor link | editor-link editor1-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors | Page name | optional |
Last name of second editor | editor2-last | The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link' | String | optional |
First name of second editor | 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 | editor2-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of third editor | editor3-last | The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link' | String | optional |
First name of third editor | 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 | editor3-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of fourth editor | editor4-last | The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link' | String | optional |
First name of fourth editor | 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 | editor4-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of fifth editor | editor5-last | The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link' | String | optional |
First name of fifth editor | 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 | editor5-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of sixth editor | editor6-last | The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link' | String | optional |
First name of sixth editor | 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 | editor6-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of seventh editor | editor7-last | The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link' | String | optional |
First name of seventh editor | 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 | editor7-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of eighth editor | editor8-last | The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link' | String | optional |
First name of eighth editor | 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 | editor8-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor | Page name | optional |
Last name of ninth editor | editor9-last | The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link' | String | optional |
First name of ninth editor | 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 | editor9-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth 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 |
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 |
Chapter URL | chapterurl chapter-url | The URL of the online location where the text of the chapter can be found | 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 |
DOI broken date | doi_brokendate | The date that the DOI was determined to be broken | 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 | 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 |
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 | archivedate | Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink | String | optional |
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 |
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 template | String | optional |
Separator | separator | The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark
| String | optional |
Postscript | postscript | The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined
| String | optional |
Lay URL | layurl laysummary | URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source | String | optional |
Lay source | laysource | Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash | String | optional |
Lay date | laydate | Date of the summary; displays in parentheses | String | optional |
Author mask | author-mask | 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 name separator | author-name-separator | Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark
| String | optional |
Author separator | author-separator | Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark
| String | optional |
Display authors | display-authors displayauthors | number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed
| Number | optional |
Last author ampersand | 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
editThis template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.