Template:Cite book

[top]Usage

{{cite book
  | last = Cordell 
  | first = Bruce R.
  | authorlink = Bruce R. Cordell 
  | title = [[Manual of the Planes]]
  | publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]
  | pages = 80-83
  | year = 2001
  | month= September
  | isbn = 0-7869-1850-8}}

 {{cite book
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | editor = 
 | others = 
 | title = 
 | origdate = 
 | origyear = 
 | origmonth = 
 | url = 
 | format = 
 | accessdate = 
 | accessyear = 
 | accessmonth = 
 | edition = 
 | series = 
 | date = 
 | year = 
 | month = 
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | language = 
 | isbn = 
 | oclc = 
 | doi = 
 | id = 
 | pages = 
 | chapter = 
 | chapterurl = 
 | quote = 
 }}

   
  
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[top]Fields

[top]Wikilinks

[top]Description of fields

[top]Syntax (for the technical-minded)

[top]Description

• last: Surname of author. Don't wikilink (use authorlink instead).
  
  • first: First name(s) of author, including title(s) (eg. Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Snr.). Don't wikilink (use authorlink instead).
    
    • The `last' and `first' fields are poorly named for the case of an author whose surname is usually written first (e.g. as in Chinese). They also have the problem of only communicating which is the surname, not communicating where the surname is usually written. Consider deprecating first,last fields, and reinstating author field, using the notation "Smith, John" or "Hu Ke Jie" as appropriate (i.e. always writing surname first, and using comma or not depending on whether the name is usually written surname last or first).
      
    
    
  • authorlink: Title of Wikipedia article about author. Article should already exist. Must not be wikilinked itself. Do not use this on its own, but along with "author" or "first" and "last".
    
  • coauthors: Full name of additional author or authors, surname last, separated by ", " (eg. Joe Bloggs, John F. Kennedy, H. R. Dent).
    
    • Someone please confirm that surname is to go last even for people whose name is usually written surname first. Consider rethinking this field, e.g. using Bloggs, Joe and Kennedy, John F. and Dent, H. R. and Hu Ke Jie.
      
    
    
  • OR: author: Full name of author, preferably surname first.
    
  
  
• editor: Name of editor/editors. No text is added beyond "in," so labels such as "(ed.)" have to be supplied by the user.
  
  • This field should only be used when the cited author and the book editor are different. If the whole book is cited, instead of a specific part, use the "author" fields (possibly with extra "(ed.)" instead)
    
  
  
• others: For uses such as "illustrated by Smith" or "trans. Smith".
  
• title: Title of book. This is the only required parameter. Can be wikilinked only to an existing Wikipedia article. Do not use italics.
  
• url: URL of an online book. Cannot be used if you wikilinked title.
  
  • format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
    
  • accessdate: Full date when url was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2006-02-17. Required when url field is used. Must not be wikilinked.
    
    • OR: accessyear: Year when item was accessed, and accessmonth: Month when item was accessed. If you also have the day, use accessdate instead. Must not be wikilinked.
      
    
    
  
  
• edition: When the book has more than one edition. eg: "2nd edition".
  
• series: When the book is part of a series of publications
  
• origdate: Full date of publication of original edition, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2004-06-27. Must not be wikilinked.
  
  • OR: origyear: Year of publication of original edition, and origmonth: Month of publication of original edition. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
    
  
  
• date: Full date of publication edition being referenced, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
  
  • OR: year: Year of publication edition being referenced, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
    
  
  
• publisher: Publisher should not include corporate designation such as "Ltd" or "Inc".
  
  • location: Place of publication.
    
  
  
• language: The language the book is written in, if it is not English.
  
• isbn: International Standard Book Number such as 1-111-22222-9.
  
• oclc: Online Computer Library Center ID number, such as 3185581
  
• doi: A digital object identifier such as 10.1016/j.coi.2004.08.001.
  
  • doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See Template:template doi doi template: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
    
  
  
• id: A unique identifier, used if none of the above are applicable. In this case, you need to specify the kind of identifier you are using, preferably with a template like Template:template issn issn template. (Use one of the more specialized parameters if possible; they are linked automatically. In other words, don't use id = ISBN 1-111-22222-9 anymore. Use isbn = 1-111-22222-9.)
  
• pages: pp. 5–7: first page and optional last page. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book.
  
• chapter: The chapter of the book, written in full. Punctuation other than quotes should be included in the value passed to the parameter, eg. chapter = Meet Dick and Jane. produces "Meet Dick and Jane." ahead of title.
  
  • chapterurl: URL of an individual chapter of online book. Should be at the same site as url, if any.
    
  
  
• quote: Relevant quote from the book.
  

[top]Examples

[top]Testing

[top]Note

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