Template:Cite book

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Template:Csdoc Template:Csdoc Template:Csdoc When citing an article in a periodical, use {{cite journal}} or {{cite magazine}}. For conference papers, use {{cite conference}}. For edited collections, use {{cite encyclopedia}}. For theses, use {{cite thesis}}.

Usage

To cite a book with a credited author

{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |date= |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn=}}

To cite a book with no credited author

{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |date= |isbn=}}

To cite an online book that has been archived

{{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |url-status= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |archive-url= |archive-date=}}

To cite a book written in a foreign language

{{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |language= |location= |publisher= |isbn=}}

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= |url-status= |url-access= |format= |language= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote=}}

{{cite book
 |last=
 |first=
 |author-link=
 |date=
 |title=
 |url=
 |location=
 |publisher=
 |page= <!-- or pages= -->
 |isbn=
}}

Template:Csdoc {{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-mask1= |author-mask2= |author-mask3= |author-mask4= |author-mask5= |last-author-amp= |translator-last1= |translator-first1= |translator-link1= |translator-last2= |translator-first2= |translator-link2= |display-translators= |translator-mask1= |translator-mask2= |date= |year= |orig-year= |chapter= |script-chapter= |trans-chapter= |chapter-url= |chapter-format= |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= |script-title= |trans-title= |url= |url-status= |url-access= |format= |type= |series= |language= |volume= |others= |edition= |location= |publisher= |publication-date= |page= |pages= |at= |nopp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |lay-url= |lay-source= |lay-date= |lay-format= |quote= |name-list-format= |mode= |postscript= |ref=}} Template:End

Full parameter set in vertical format

Parameters	Prerequisites	Brief instructions / notes	Vertical list
Template:Hover title		Author's last name or single name author. Don't link.	{{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-mask1 = |author-mask2 = |author-mask3 = |author-mask4 = |author-mask5 = |last-author-amp = |translator-last1 = |translator-first1 = |translator-link1 = |translator-last2 = |translator-first2 = |translator-link2 = |display-translators = |translator-mask1 = |translator-mask2 = |date = |year = |orig-year = |chapter = |script-chapter = |trans-chapter = |chapter-url = |chapter-format = |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 = |script-title = |trans-title = |url = |url-status = |url-access = |format = |type = |series = |language = |volume = |others = |edition = |location = |publisher = |publication-date = |page = |pages = |at = |nopp = |arxiv = |asin = |bibcode = |doi = |doi-broken-date = |isbn = |ismn = |issn = |jfm = |jstor = |lccn = |mr = |oclc = |ol = |osti = |pmc = |pmid = |rfc = |ssrn = |zbl = |id = |archive-url = |archive-date = |access-date = |via = |lay-url = |lay-source = |lay-date = |lay-format = |quote = |name-list-format = |mode = |postscript = |ref = }}
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Author's first name. Don't link.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Title of Wikipedia article about the first author. Don't link.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like last1, but for 2nd author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like first1, but for 2nd author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like author-link1, but for 2nd author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like last1, but for 3rd author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like first1, but for 3rd author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like author-link1, but for 3rd author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like last1, but for 4th author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like first1, but for 4th author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like author-link1, but for 4th author.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like last1, but for 5th author. Similar: last6, etc.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like first1, but for 5th author. Similar: first6, etc.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like author-link1, but for 5th author. Similar: author-link6, etc.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Number (number of authors displayed) or etal (more authors)
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	See Display options below; not for lists of cited works
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Set to yes to separate the last author with " & "
Template:Hover title		Like last1, but for translator
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like first1, but for translator
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like author-link1, but for translator
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like last1, but for 2nd translator. Similar: translator-last3, etc.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like first1, but for 2nd translator. Similar: translator-first3, etc.
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	Like author-link1, but for 2nd transl. Similar: translator-link3, ...
display-translators	Template:Hover title	Like display-authors, but for translators
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title	See Display options below; not for lists of cited works
Template:Hover title	Template:Hover title
date
year
orig-year	year or date
chapter		This should be the title of the chapter cited. Do not wikilink "chapter" if "chapterurl" is provided
script-chapter
trans-chapter	chapter or script-chapter
chapter-url	chapter or script-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
url-status	archive-url
url-access	url
format	url
type
series
language
volume
others
edition		Ordinal number
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
ismn
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
lay-url
lay-source	lay-url
lay-date	lay-url
lay-format	lay-url
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

Syntax

COinS

What's new

Deprecated

Description

Authors

Title

Date

Publisher

Edition, series, volume

In-source locations

URL

Chapter URL

Anchor

Identifiers

Quote

Editors

Laysummary

Display options

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TemplateData

See Template:Cite book/TemplateData.

See also

• Reftag, tool for translating Google Books permalinks into Wikipedia references

TemplateData