Cite book

This template documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite book/doc [edit]

This template is used to cite sources in this wiki.

Usage

All fields must be lowercase. Copy a blank version to use. Remember that the "|" character must be between each field, the fields must be in lowercase, and please delete all the fields that are not being used to clear clutter in the edit window. See also the complete description of fields.

Full version (copy and paste text below and delete parameters you don't need)
{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title= |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= |location= |language= |isbn= |doi = |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= }}
Most commonly used fields (or you can use this and not have to delete as much)
{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= }}
Example 1	{{cite book |last = Cordell |first = Bruce R. |coauthors = Jeff Grubb, David Yu |title = [[Manual of the Planes]] |publisher = Wizards of the Coast |year = 2001 |month = September |isbn = 0-7869-1850-8 }}	Cordell, Bruce R., Jeff Grubb, David Yu (September 2001). Manual of the Planes. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
Example 2	{{cite book | last = Mumford | first = David | authorlink = David Mumford | title = The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes | publisher = [[Springer-Verlag]] | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1007/b62130 | isbn = 354063293X }}	Mumford, David (1999). The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes. Springer-Verlag. DOI:10.1007/b62130. ISBN 354063293X.
Vertical list	Prerequisites and Brief Instructions
{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = | origdate = | origyear = | origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year = | month = | publisher = | location = | language = | isbn = | doi = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote = }}	Prerequisites* Brief Instructions -------------- -----------------------                  no wikilink last           no wikilink last last     REQUIRED**               †preferred no wikilink                alternative to origdate                alternative to origdate   url url           †preferred no wikilink                alternative to accessdate                alternative to accessdate                 †preferred no wikilink                alternative to date                alternative to date   publisher                       no wikilink‡ chapter	∗ The field listed below is a prerequisite for the field to the left. For example last is a prerequisite to first meaning first will NOT be displayed even if it has a value unless last also has a value. ∗∗ Wikilinks must link to an existing article, and cannot be used if url is used below. † This is the preferred field with its alternates listed below. ‡ If chapterurl is provided then chapter can not have wikilinks.

Fields

Wikilinks

Most fields can be wikilinked (ie. title = [[book article|book title]]), but should generally only be linked to an existing wiki article. Any wikilinked field must not contain any brackets apart from normal round brackets () — don't use any of <>[]{}.

Description of fields

Syntax (for the technical-minded)

Nested fields either rely on their parent fields, or replace them:

• parent
  • child — may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
  • OR: child2 — may be used instead of parent (and is ignored if parent is used)

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).
  • authorlink: Title of wiki article about author, which 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).
  • OR: author: Full name of author, preferably surname first.
• editor: Name of editor/editors. No text is added, so labels such as "(ed.)" have to be supplied by the user.
• 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 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 item 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: 2 for "2nd edition".
• 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, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
  • OR: year: Year of publication, 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 is "Ltd" or "Inc".
  • location: Place of publication.
• language: The language the book is written in, if it is not English.
• isbn: ISBN, such as 1-111-22222-9.
• doi: digital object identifier.
• pages: 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.

Examples

Just a title

* {{cite book | title=Mysterious book }}

• Mysterious book.

Year and title

* {{cite book | title=Mysterious book | year=1901 }}

• (1901) Mysterious book.

Basic usage

* {{cite book | first=Joe | last=Bloggs | authorlink=Joe Bloggs | year=1974 | title=Book of Bloggs }}

• Bloggs, Joe (1974). Book of Bloggs.

Basic usage with url

* {{cite book | last=Bloggs | first=Joe | authorlink=Joe Bloggs | year=1974 | title=Book of Bloggs | edition=1 | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/ | accessdate=2006-02-17 }}

• Bloggs, Joe (1974). Book of Bloggs, 1 ed.. Retrieved on 2006-02-17.

Three authors, title with a piped wikilink, edition

* {{cite book | last=Bloggs | first=Joe | authorlink=Joe Bloggs | coauthors=John Smith, Jim Smythe | title=[[Wikipedia:A Thousand Acres|1000 Acres]] | edition=2 }}

• Bloggs, Joe, John Smith, Jim Smythe. 1000 Acres, 2 ed..

Date without day, wikilinked title and publisher, isbn, pages, location

* {{cite book | last=Cordell | first=Bruce R. | coauthors=Jeff Grubb, David Noonan | year=2001 | month=September | title=[[Wikipedia:Manual of the Planes|Manual of the Planes]] | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | location=Timbuktu | isbn= 0-7869-1850-8 | pages=134-137 }}

• Cordell, Bruce R., Jeff Grubb, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes. Timbuktu: Wizards of the Coast, 134-137. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.

Date of first edition, other language, illustrator

* {{cite book | last=Bloggs | first=Joe | origyear=1463 | year=1974 | title=Book of Bloggs | edition=1 | others=illustrated by Smith | language=German | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/ | accessdate=2006-02-17 }}

• Bloggs, Joe [1463] (1974). Book of Bloggs, illustrated by Smith, 1 ed. (in German). Retrieved on 2006-02-17.

Using an ISBN

*{{cite book | last=Sierra | first=Kathy | coauthors=Bert Bates | authorlink=Kathy Sierra | year=2009 | title=Head First Java | edition=2 | publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] | isbn= 9780596009205 }}

• Sierra, Kathy, Bert Bates (2009). Head First Java, 2 ed., O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596009205.

Notes

Note the extra full-stop when the last author ends with an initial, and there is no date:

• Invisible, M.. Mysterious book.