Template:Citation
The Citation template is a versatile template for citing books, periodicals, contributions in collective works, patents, and web-sites. Its goal is to be an all-purpose citation template. It also has functionality to aid the use of the Harvard referencing style. The template allows author-date ("Harvard") citations in the main body of text to link to a full citation (generated by this template) in a "References" section at the end of the article via the Template:Harvard citation template. This template creates an HTML anchor to which the Harvard citation and related templates can link.
The template knows whether you are citing a book, periodical, or a chapter in a compilation, depending on which combination of parameters you use. For use with author-date systems such as the Harvard citation template, use of last and date parameters should be considered mandatory, where possible.
Citing books
[edit source]Parameters (all are optional)
[edit source]{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | date = | title = | place = | publisher = | edition = | volume = | id = | isbn = | url = }} |
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Examples
[edit source]One author | {{ Citation | last=Turner | first=O. | title=History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, and Morris' Reserve | publisher=William Alling | place=Rochester, New York | year=1851 | url = http://olivercowdery.com/ texts/1851Trn1.htm#turn1851 }}. |
Turner, O. (1851), History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, and Morris' Reserve, Rochester, New York: William Alling. |
Three authors, a volume, and an edition | {{ Citation | last1=Lincoln | first1=A. | last2=Washington | first2=G. | last3=Adams | first3=J. | title=All the Presidents' Names | publisher=The Pentagon | place=Home Base, New York | volume=XII | edition=2nd | year=2007 }}. |
Lincoln, A.; Washington, G.; Adams, J. (2007), All the Presidents' Names, vol. XII (2nd ed.), Home Base, New York: The Pentagon. |
Citing journals, newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals
[edit source]Parameters
[edit source]{{Citation | last= | first= | author-link= | year= | title= | periodical= | volume= | issue= | pages= | url= }}. |
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Examples
[edit source]Journal article | {{Citation | last=Hill | first=Marvin S. | title=Joseph Smith and the 1826 Trial: New Evidence and New Difficulties | journal=BYU Studies | volume=12 | issue=2 | year=1976 | pages=1–8 | url=https://byustudies.byu.edu/ shop/PDFSRC/12.2Hill.pdf }}. |
Hill, Marvin S. (1976), "Joseph Smith and the 1826 Trial: New Evidence and New Difficulties" (PDF), BYU Studies, 12 (2): 1–8. |
Newspaper article | {{Citation | last=Smith | first=Joseph III | author-link=Joseph Smith III | title=Last Testimony of Sister Emma | newspaper=The Saints' Herald | volume=26 | issue=19 | date=October 1, 1879 | month=October | page=289 | url=http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/ dbroadhu/IL/sain1872.htm#100179 }}. |
Smith, Joseph III (October 1, 1879), "Last Testimony of Sister Emma", The Saints' Herald, vol. 26, no. 19, p. 289 {{citation}} : Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help).
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Citing edited books, or parts of edited books, including encyclopedias and encyclopedia articles
[edit source]Parameters
[edit source]{{Citation | last= | first= | author-link= | last2= | first2= | author2-link | date= | contribution= | contribution-url= | editor-last= | editor-first= | editor-link= | editor2-last= | editor2-first= | editor2-link= | title= | edition= | place= | publisher= | publication-date= | volume= | pages= | id= | url= }}. |
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Examples
[edit source]Manuscript published in an edited compilation | {{Citation | last=Bidamon | first=Emma Smith | author-link=Emma Hale Smith | chapter=Letter to Emma S. Pilgrim | date=27 March 1876 | editor-surname=Vogel | editor-first=Dan | title=Early Mormon Documents | volume=1 | publisher=Signature Books | publication-date=1996 | isbn=1-56085-072-8 }}. |
Bidamon, Emma Smith (27 March 1876), "Letter to Emma S. Pilgrim", in Vogel, Dan (ed.), Early Mormon Documents, vol. 1, Signature Books (published 1996), ISBN 1-56085-072-8. |
Work with an editor but no author | {{Citation | editor-surname=Vogel | editor-first=Dan | title=Early Mormon Documents | volume=1 | publisher=Signature Books | publication-date=1996 | isbn=1-56085-072-8 }}. |
Vogel, Dan, ed. (1996), Early Mormon Documents, vol. 1, Signature Books, ISBN 1-56085-072-8. |
Encyclopedia article by a named author | {{Citation | last = Kramer | first = Martin | author-link = Martin Kramer | contribution = Bernard Lewis | editor-last = Boyd | editor-first = Kelley | title = Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing | volume = 1 | pages = 719–720 | publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn | place = London | publication-date = 1999 | contribution-url = http:// www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/ BernardLewis.htm }}. |
Kramer, Martin (1999), "Bernard Lewis", in Boyd, Kelley (ed.), Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing, vol. 1, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, pp. 719–720. |
Encyclopedia article with no named author | {{Citation | contribution = Bernard Lewis | editor-last = Boyd | editor-first = Kelley | title = Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing | volume = 1 | pages = 719–720 | publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn | place = London | year = 1999 | contribution-url = http:// www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/ BernardLewis.htm }}. |
Boyd, Kelley, ed. (1999), "Bernard Lewis", Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing, vol. 1, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, pp. 719–720. |
Citing contributions, republications, or edited quotations in a periodical article
[edit source]Parameters
[edit source]{{Citation | last= | first= | author-link= | last2= | first2= | author2-link | date= | contribution= | contribution-url= | editor-last= | editor-first= | editor-link= | editor2-last= | editor2-first= | editor2-link= | title= | periodical= | volume= | issue= | pages= | id= | url= }}. |
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Examples
[edit source]Manuscript edited and published in a journal | {{Citation | last=Knight | first=Joseph, Sr. | year=1833 | editor-last=Jessee | editor-first=Dean | title=Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History | journal=BYU Studies | volume=17 | issue=1 | publication-date=1976 | page=35 | url=https://byustudies.byu.edu/ shop/PDFSRC/17.1Jessee.pdf }}. |
Knight, Joseph, Sr. (1833), Jessee, Dean (ed.), "Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History" (PDF), BYU Studies (published 1976), 17 (1): 35{{citation}} : CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link).
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TemplateData
[edit source]This template data section needs to be edited. It includes deprecated parameters and does not include parameters that were added in the Lua updates. It also includes a mix of patent and non-patent parameters. |
TemplateData for Citation
The Citation template generates a citation for a book, periodical, contribution in a collective work, patent, or a web page. It determines the citation type by examining which parameters are used.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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1 | 1 | no description | String | optional |
2 | 2 | no description | String | optional |
3 | 3 | no description | String | optional |
author surname | last | surname of the author of the cited material | String | optional |
author given name | first | given name (first name) of the author of the cited material | String | optional |
title of source | title | Title of source; displays in italics. | String | required |
date of source | date | Full date of source being referenced in the same format as other publication dates in the citations.[1] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after publisher. | String | optional |
url of source | url | URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. | String | optional |
inventor-surname | inventor-surname | no description | String | optional |
inventor1-surname | inventor1-surname | no description | String | optional |
inventor-last | inventor-last | no description | String | optional |
inventor1-last | inventor1-last | no description | String | optional |
inventor | inventor | no description | String | optional |
invent1 | invent1 | no description | String | optional |
invent-1 | invent-1 | no description | String | optional |
country-code | country-code | no description | String | optional |
inventor2-surname | inventor2-surname | no description | String | optional |
inventor2-last | inventor2-last | no description | String | optional |
inventor2 | inventor2 | no description | String | optional |
invent2 | invent2 | no description | String | optional |
inventor3-surname | inventor3-surname | no description | String | optional |
inventor3-last | inventor3-last | no description | String | optional |
inventor3 | inventor3 | no description | String | optional |
invent3 | invent3 | no description | String | optional |
inventor4-surname | inventor4-surname | no description | String | optional |
inventor4-last | inventor4-last | no description | String | optional |
inventor4 | inventor4 | no description | String | optional |
invent4 | invent4 | no description | String | optional |
inventor-given | inventor-given | no description | String | optional |
inventor1-given | inventor1-given | no description | String | optional |
inventor-first | inventor-first | no description | String | optional |
inventor1-first | inventor1-first | no description | String | optional |
inventor2-given | inventor2-given | no description | String | optional |
inventor2-first | inventor2-first | no description | String | optional |
inventor3-given | inventor3-given | no description | String | optional |
inventor3-first | inventor3-first | no description | String | optional |
inventor4-given | inventor4-given | no description | String | optional |
inventor4-first | inventor4-first | no description | String | optional |
inventorlink1 | inventorlink1 | no description | String | optional |
inventorlink | inventorlink | no description | String | optional |
inventorlink2 | inventorlink2 | no description | String | optional |
inventorlink3 | inventorlink3 | no description | String | optional |
inventorlink4 | inventorlink4 | no description | String | optional |
country | country | no description | String | optional |
publication-number | publication-number | no description | String | optional |
patent-number | patent-number | no description | String | optional |
number | number | no description | String | optional |
description | description | no description | String | optional |
status | status | no description | String | optional |
publication-date | publication-date | no description | String | optional |
pubdate | pubdate | no description | String | optional |
issue-date | issue-date | no description | String | optional |
gdate | gdate | no description | String | optional |
year | year | no description | String | optional |
fdate | fdate | no description | String | optional |
pridate | pridate | no description | String | optional |
assign1 | assign1 | no description | String | optional |
assign2 | assign2 | no description | String | optional |
ref | ref | no description | String | optional |
separator | separator | no description | String | optional |
quote | quote | no description | String | optional |
postscript | postscript | no description | String | optional |
author-separator | author-separator | no description | String | optional |
author-mask | author-mask | no description | String | optional |
authormask | authormask | no description | String | optional |
surname | surname | no description | String | optional |
last1 | last1 | no description | String | optional |
surname1 | surname1 | no description | String | optional |
author1 | author1 | no description | String | optional |
author | author | no description | String | optional |
authors | authors | no description | String | optional |
last2 | last2 | no description | String | optional |
surname2 | surname2 | no description | String | optional |
author2 | author2 | no description | String | optional |
last3 | last3 | no description | String | optional |
surname3 | surname3 | no description | String | optional |
author3 | author3 | no description | String | optional |
last4 | last4 | no description | String | optional |
surname4 | surname4 | no description | String | optional |
author4 | author4 | no description | String | optional |
last5 | last5 | no description | String | optional |
surname5 | surname5 | no description | String | optional |
author5 | author5 | no description | String | optional |
last6 | last6 | no description | String | optional |
surname6 | surname6 | no description | String | optional |
author6 | author6 | no description | String | optional |
last7 | last7 | no description | String | optional |
surname7 | surname7 | no description | String | optional |
author7 | author7 | no description | String | optional |
last8 | last8 | no description | String | optional |
surname8 | surname8 | no description | String | optional |
author8 | author8 | no description | String | optional |
last9 | last9 | no description | String | optional |
surname9 | surname9 | no description | String | optional |
author9 | author9 | no description | String | optional |
first1 | first1 | no description | String | optional |
given1 | given1 | no description | String | optional |
given | given | no description | String | optional |
first2 | first2 | no description | String | optional |
given2 | given2 | no description | String | optional |
first3 | first3 | no description | String | optional |
given3 | given3 | no description | String | optional |
first4 | first4 | no description | String | optional |
given4 | given4 | no description | String | optional |
first5 | first5 | no description | String | optional |
given5 | given5 | no description | String | optional |
first6 | first6 | no description | String | optional |
given6 | given6 | no description | String | optional |
first7 | first7 | no description | String | optional |
given7 | given7 | no description | String | optional |
first8 | first8 | no description | String | optional |
given8 | given8 | no description | String | optional |
first9 | first9 | no description | String | optional |
given9 | given9 | no description | String | optional |
author-link | author-link | no description | String | optional |
author1-link | author1-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink | authorlink | no description | String | optional |
authorlink1 | authorlink1 | no description | String | optional |
author2-link | author2-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink2 | authorlink2 | no description | String | optional |
author3-link | author3-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink3 | authorlink3 | no description | String | optional |
author4-link | author4-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink4 | authorlink4 | no description | String | optional |
author5-link | author5-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink5 | authorlink5 | no description | String | optional |
author6-link | author6-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink6 | authorlink6 | no description | String | optional |
author7-link | author7-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink7 | authorlink7 | no description | String | optional |
author8-link | author8-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink8 | authorlink8 | no description | String | optional |
author9-link | author9-link | no description | String | optional |
authorlink9 | authorlink9 | no description | String | optional |
coauthor | coauthor | no description | String | optional |
coauthors | coauthors | no description | String | optional |
origyear | origyear | no description | String | optional |
month | month | no description | String | optional |
trans_chapter | trans_chapter | no description | String | optional |
trans_title | trans_title | no description | String | optional |
type | type | no description | String | optional |
archiveurl | archiveurl | no description | String | optional |
deadurl | deadurl | no description | String | optional |
series | series | no description | String | optional |
version | version | no description | String | optional |
journal | journal | no description | String | optional |
periodical | periodical | no description | String | optional |
newspaper | newspaper | no description | String | optional |
magazine | magazine | no description | String | optional |
work | work | no description | String | optional |
volume | volume | no description | String | optional |
issue | issue | no description | String | optional |
pages | pages | no description | String | optional |
page | page | no description | String | optional |
at | at | no description | String | optional |
nopp | nopp | no description | String | optional |
chapter | chapter | no description | String | optional |
contribution | contribution | no description | String | optional |
chapter-url | chapter-url | no description | String | optional |
chapterurl | chapterurl | no description | String | optional |
contribution-url | contribution-url | no description | String | optional |
chapter-format | chapter-format | no description | String | optional |
others | others | no description | String | optional |
edition | edition | no description | String | optional |
place | place | no description | String | optional |
location | location | no description | String | optional |
publication-place | publication-place | no description | String | optional |
publisher | publisher | no description | String | optional |
editor-last | editor-last | no description | String | optional |
editor-surname | editor-surname | no description | String | optional |
editor1-last | editor1-last | no description | String | optional |
editor1-surname | editor1-surname | no description | String | optional |
editor1 | editor1 | no description | String | optional |
editor | editor | no description | String | optional |
editors | editors | no description | String | optional |
editor2-last | editor2-last | no description | String | optional |
editor2-surname | editor2-surname | no description | String | optional |
editor2 | editor2 | no description | String | optional |
editor3-last | editor3-last | no description | String | optional |
editor3-surname | editor3-surname | no description | String | optional |
editor3 | editor3 | no description | String | optional |
editor4-last | editor4-last | no description | String | optional |
editor4-surname | editor4-surname | no description | String | optional |
editor4 | editor4 | no description | String | optional |
editor-first | editor-first | no description | String | optional |
editor-given | editor-given | no description | String | optional |
editor1-first | editor1-first | no description | String | optional |
editor1-given | editor1-given | no description | String | optional |
editor2-first | editor2-first | no description | String | optional |
editor2-given | editor2-given | no description | String | optional |
editor3-first | editor3-first | no description | String | optional |
editor3-given | editor3-given | no description | String | optional |
editor4-first | editor4-first | no description | String | optional |
editor4-given | editor4-given | no description | String | optional |
editor-link | editor-link | no description | String | optional |
editor1-link | editor1-link | no description | String | optional |
editor2-link | editor2-link | no description | String | optional |
editor3-link | editor3-link | no description | String | optional |
editor4-link | editor4-link | no description | String | optional |
language | language | no description | String | optional |
in | in | no description | String | optional |
format | format | no description | String | optional |
arxiv | arxiv | no description | String | optional |
asin | asin | no description | String | optional |
ASIN | ASIN | no description | String | optional |
asin-tld | asin-tld | no description | String | optional |
bibcode | bibcode | no description | String | optional |
doi | doi | no description | String | optional |
DOI | DOI | no description | String | optional |
doi_inactivedate | doi_inactivedate | no description | String | optional |
doi_brokendate | doi_brokendate | no description | String | optional |
isbn | isbn | no description | String | optional |
ISBN | ISBN | no description | String | optional |
issn | issn | no description | String | optional |
ISSN | ISSN | no description | String | optional |
jfm | jfm | no description | String | optional |
JFM | JFM | no description | String | optional |
jstor | jstor | no description | String | optional |
JSTOR | JSTOR | no description | String | optional |
lccn | lccn | no description | String | optional |
LCCN | LCCN | no description | String | optional |
mr | mr | no description | String | optional |
MR | MR | no description | String | optional |
oclc | oclc | no description | String | optional |
OCLC | OCLC | no description | String | optional |
ol | ol | no description | String | optional |
OL | OL | no description | String | optional |
osti | osti | no description | String | optional |
OSTI | OSTI | no description | String | optional |
pmc | pmc | no description | String | optional |
PMC | PMC | no description | String | optional |
pmid | pmid | no description | String | optional |
PMID | PMID | no description | String | optional |
rfc | rfc | no description | String | optional |
RFC | RFC | no description | String | optional |
ssrn | ssrn | no description | String | optional |
SSRN | SSRN | no description | String | optional |
zbl | zbl | no description | String | optional |
id | id | no description | String | optional |
ID | ID | no description | String | optional |
access-date | access-date | no description | String | optional |
accessdate | accessdate | no description | String | optional |
laysummary | laysummary | no description | String | optional |
laysource | laysource | no description | String | optional |
laydate | laydate | no description | String | optional |
author-name-separator | author-name-separator | no description | String | optional |
lastauthoramp | lastauthoramp | no description | String | optional |
display-authors | display-authors | no description | String | optional |
archivedate | archivedate | no description | String | optional |
translator-first | translator-first | no description | Unknown | optional |
translator-last | translator-last | no description | Unknown | optional |
translator2-first | translator2-first | no description | Unknown | optional |
translator2-last | translator2-last | no description | Unknown | optional |