Template:Cite book

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Usage

To cite a book with a credited author

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

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To cite an online book that has been archived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= |format= |language= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |subscription= |quote=}}

{{cite book
 |last=
 |first=
 |date=
 |title=
 |url=
 |location=
 |publisher=
 |page= <!-- or pages= -->
 |isbn=
 |author-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-mask= |last-author-amp= |translator-last1= |translator-first1= |translator-link1= |translator-mask1= |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= |format= |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |others= |edition= |location= |publisher= |publication-date= |page= |pages= |at= |nopp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |registration= |subscription= |lay-summary= |lay-source= |lay-date= |quote= |name-list-format= |mode= |postscript= |ref=}}

Full parameter set in vertical format

Parameters	Prerequisites	Brief instructions / notes	Vertical list
last1		may also use "last"; for additional authors, "last2", "last3", etc.	{{cite book |last1= |first1= |author-link1= |author-mask1= |last2= |first2= |display-authors= |last-author-amp= |translator-last1= |translator-first1= |translator-link1= |translator-mask1= |date= |year= |orig-year= |chapter= |script-chapter= |trans-chapter= |chapter-url= |chapter-format= |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |editor1-link= |editor1-mask= |display-editors= |title= |script-title= |trans-title= |url= |url-status= |format= |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |others= |edition= |location= |publisher= |publication-date= |page= |pages= |at= |nopp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |registration= |subscription= |lay-summary= |lay-source= |lay-date= |quote= |name-list-format= |mode= |postscript= |ref= }}
first1	last or last1	may also use "first"; for additional authors, "first2", "first3", etc.
author-link1	last or last1	may also use "author-link"
author-mask1	last or last1	may also use "author-mask"
last2	last1
first2	last2
display-authors	last or last1
last-author-amp	last or last1
translator-last1		may also use "translator-last"; for additional translators, "translator-last2, etc.
translator-first1	translator-last or translator-last1
translator-link1	translator-last or translator-last1
translator-mask1	translator-last or translator-last1
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
format	url
type
series
language
volume
issue
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
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
registration
subscription
lay-summary
lay-source	lay-summary
lay-date	lay-summary
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.

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