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<pre><ref>{{cite book|author=...}}</ref></pre>

''See full list of citation templates at [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]].'' For other templates, see [[Wikipedia:Template_namespaceTemplate namespace]].

== Citing a book ==

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| last =

| first =

| authorlinkauthor-link =

| editor =

| others =

| title = <!-- required -->

| origdateorig-year =

| origyear =

| url =

| format =

| accessdateaccess-date =

| edition =

| date =

| year =

| publisher =

| ___location =

| language =

| idisbn =

| pages =

| chapter =

| chapterurlchapter-url =

| quote =

}}

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| last =

| first =

| authorlinkauthor-link =

| year =

| title = <!-- required -->

| publisher =

| ___location =

| idisbn =

| pages =

}}

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| first = Jean

| last = Elford

| authorlinkauthor-link =

| yeardate = 1974

| title = <The Icelanders - Their Ontario Year.>

| date =

| title = <The Icelanders - Their Ontario Year.>

| quote =

| journal = The Beaver

| volume =

| issue =

| pages = 53-753–57

| doi =

| id =

| url =

| format =

| accessdateaccess-date =

}}</pre>

| style="vertical-align: top;" |

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{{Cite journal

| author =

| yeardate =

| title = <!-- required -->

| journal =

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| first =

| last =

| authorlinkauthor-link =

| author =

| title =

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| page =

| date =

| accessdateaccess-date =

| language =

| quote =

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* '''author''': Author

** '''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>

** '''authorlinkauthor-link''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.

* '''url''': Link to the news item if available online

** '''format''': Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).

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* '''date''': date of publication, in same format as dates in the body of the article.

* '''pages''' or '''page''': the page number or numbers of the relevant information (e.g. pages=31-32 or page=157). Note that "pages" overrides "page" if they are both present.

* '''accessdateaccess-date''': Date when item was accessed, in same format as dates in the body of the article.

* '''language''': the language in which the source is written.

* '''quote''': Relevant quote.

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| url = <!-- required -->

| title = <!-- required -->

| accessdateaccess-date =

| author =

| last =

| first =

| authorlinkauthor-link =

| date =

| year =

| work =

| publisher =

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| language =

| quote =

| archiveurlarchive-url =

| archivedatearchive-date =

}}</pre>

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;Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page

<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |formataccess-date= |work= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using author

<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdateaccess-date= |author= |authorlinkauthor-link= |date= |year= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurlarchive-url= |archivedatearchive-date= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using last, first

<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdateaccess-date= |last= |first= |authorlinkauthor-link= |date= |year= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurlarchive-url= |archivedatearchive-date= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

The most common parameters are as follows. See also the complete documentation in [[Template:Cite web]].

* '''url''' (required): URL of online item.

* '''title''' (required): Title of online item.

* '''accessdateaccess-date''' in same format as dates in body of article.

* either '''author''', or '''last''' and '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>. Don't wikilink these; instead use '''authorlinkauthor-link''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.

* '''date''': Full date of publication, in same format as main text of article.

* '''archiveurlarchive-url''': URL of the archive ___location of the item, and '''archivedatearchive-date''': Date when the item was archived, in same format as main text of the article.

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