Template:Find sources multi/wrs
This template provides a search link to Wikipedia Reference Search to help find sources for articles. It is part of the {{find sources multi}} meta-template, but it can also be used on its own. This template should not be used in articles themselves - see Wikipedia:EL#Links normally to be avoided.
Usage
edit{{Find sources multi/wrs|search term 1|search term 2|search term 3|search term 4|search term 5|display=custom display text}}
The first parameter is the main search term, which will be treated as a literal string if multi-part (e.g. Albert Einstein will be searched as the single string "Albert Einstein" not "Albert" and "Einstein" separately).
Optional subsequent parameters (up to 4) are additional search terms. They can be enclosed in double quotation marks, preceded by an unspaced - (hyphen) to exclude them from the search results, or both (e.g. -"Marilyn Monroe" to exclude matches containing the phrase "Marilyn Monroe", but not either name by itself, from the search results). You do not need to add -wikipedia, as the template automatically does this for you. Also, there is no need to add words in plural form unless irregular, as the search interface will match (for example) billiards as well given a search term of billiard.
If no parameters are given, the name of the article is passed as the search string. Note that this may or may not be desirable with disambiguated article names (if the Wikipedia disambiguator is sensible, however, it may actually help refine the search results).
Examples
edit- Default search:
{{Find sources multi/wrs}}
- produces:
- Simple search:
{{Find sources multi/wrs|Albert Einstein}}
- produces:
- Complex search:
{{Find sources multi/wrs|Albert Einstein|physics|-"Marilyn Monroe"|relativity|science}}
- produces:
- Custom display text
{{Find sources multi/wrs|Albert Einstein|display=Custom display text}}
- produces:
See also
edit| Code | Aliases | Preview | Search engine description | Subtemplate | Notes |
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g |
google |
Google, the flagship search engine from Google Inc. | Template:Find sources multi/g | ||
gnews |
gn |
Google News | Google News, Google's search engine for news sites. | Template:Find sources multi/gnews | Can be used with |free=yes to return free results only. Google News search does not work as of December 2013. |
gbooks |
gb |
Google Books | Google Books, Google's search engine for books. | Template:Find sources multi/gbooks | |
gscholar |
gs |
Google Scholar | Google Scholar, Google's search engine for academic papers and other scholarly research. | Template:Find sources multi/gscholar | |
jstor |
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JSTOR | JSTOR, an online library containing digitised versions of academic journals. Requires a subscription. | Template:Find sources multi/jstor | |
gfreeimages |
gfi |
Free Google Images | Google Images, Google's search engine for images. Only images compatible with Wikipedia's licensing are included. | Template:Find sources multi/gfreeimages | |
archive |
ia |
Archive.org | The Internet Archive, a digital library of public websites. | Template:Find sources multi/archive | |
bing |
msbooks, msacademic |
Bing | Microsoft Bing, Microsoft's flagship search engine. | Template:Find sources multi/bing | This is a replacement for MS Books and MS Academic, which unfortunately have been discontinued by Microsoft. |
gnewsrecent |
gnr |
Google News recent | Google News, Google's search engine for news sites. Only recent news stories will be searched for. | Template:Find sources multi/gnewsrecent | |
nyt |
nytrecent, nytold |
New York Times | The website of The New York Times, a highly respected newspaper. | Template:Find sources multi/nyt | This is a replacement for the NYT Recent and NYT Old searches; these two searches have now been combined into one search interface on the NYT website. |
wrs |
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Wikipedia Reference Search | Wikipedia Reference Search, a Google search that only searches sites vetted by Wikipedians. | Template:Find sources multi/wrs | |
ddg |
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DuckDuckGo | DuckDuckGo, a search engine that uses information from crowd-sourced websites (such as Wikipedia) to provide its results. | Template:Find sources multi/ddg | |
vgrs |
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VGRS | Thibbs' Google RS, a custom Google search engine that limits the search to sites listed in Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. | Template:Find sources multi/vgrs | |
gnewspapers |
gnewspaper, gnp |
Google Newspapers | Google Newspapers, a search of Google's digital archive of print newspapers. | Template:Find sources multi/gnewspapers |
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