Template:Cite encyclopedia/doc

Cite encyclopedia is a template which is used for formatting references to articles in edited collections in a consistent and legible manner. It can be used at the end of the article, directly in the References section. It can also be placed within <ref>...</ref> tags for in-line citations.

Despite its name, {{Cite encyclopedia}} is actually used for citing articles in any sort of edited collection. This can include works such as encyclopedias and dictionaries, but more generally any book or book series containing individual sections or chapters written by various authors, and put together by one or more editors. However, it is not intended for journals or magazines, which are issued periodically and have volume and (usually) issue numbers, and should be cited with {{Cite journal}}; nor is it intended for conference proceedings, which should be cited with {{Cite conference}}.

An alternative to all of the above templates is to use the generic {{Citation}} template. It takes more or less the same parameters as the type-specific templates and produces a similar-looking citation, but with sections separated by commas instead of periods. For the purpose of citing articles in edited collections, the most significant parameter difference is that {{Cite encyclopedia}} uses title and encyclopedia for the titles of the individual article and the whole collection, respectively, while {{Citation}} uses contribution and title.

Usage

All parameters must be in lowercase only. Copy a blank version to use.

Common fields, horizontal format

{{cite encyclopedia |year= |title = |encyclopedia= |publisher= |location= |id= }}

Common fields, vertical format

{{cite encyclopedia
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Full version, horizontal format

{{cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |authorlink= |editor= |editor-link |encyclopedia= |title= |trans_title= |url= |accessdate= |language= |edition= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= |volume= |location= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |pages= |quote= |ref= }}

Full version, horizontal format (with current date)

{{cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |authorlink= |editor= |editor-link |encyclopedia= |title= |trans_title= |url= |accessdate={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} |language= |edition= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= |volume= |location= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |pages= |quote= |ref= }}

Full version, vertical format

{{cite encyclopedia
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Examples

{{cite encyclopedia | last1 = LAST1 | first1 = FIRST1 | authorlink1 = AUTHORLINK1 | last2 = LAST2 | first2 = FIRST2 | authorlink2 = AUTHORLINK2 | editor = EDITOR | encyclopedia = ENCYCLOPEDIA | title = TITLE | url = http://www.example.com/ | accessdate = 2006-07-02 | edition = EDITION | year = YEAR | publisher = PUBLISHER | volume = VOLUME | location = LOCATION | id = ID | pages = PAGES }}

• LAST1, FIRST1; LAST2, FIRST2 (YEAR). "TITLE". In EDITOR. ENCYCLOPEDIA. VOLUME (EDITION ed.). LOCATION: PUBLISHER. pp. PAGES. ID. http://www.example.com/. Retrieved 2006-07-02. 

{{cite encyclopedia | last = LAST | first = FIRST | editor = EDITOR | encyclopedia = ENCYCLOPEDIA | title = TITLE | url = http://www.example.com/ | accessdate = 2006-07-02 | edition = EDITION | year = YEAR | publisher = PUBLISHER | volume = VOLUME | location = LOCATION | id = ID }}

• LAST, FIRST (YEAR). "TITLE". In EDITOR. ENCYCLOPEDIA. VOLUME (EDITION ed.). LOCATION: PUBLISHER. ID. http://www.example.com/. Retrieved 2006-07-02. 

{{cite encyclopedia | last = LAST | first = FIRST | authorlink = AUTHORLINK | editor = EDITOR | editor-link = EDITOR-LINK | encyclopedia = ENCYCLOPEDIA | title = TITLE | trans_title = TRANS_TITLE | url = http://www.example.com/ | accessdate = 2006-07-02 | language = Another Language | edition = EDITION | year = YEAR | publisher = PUBLISHER | volume = VOLUME | location = LOCATION | id = ID }}

• LAST, FIRST (YEAR). "TITLE". In EDITOR (in Another Language). ENCYCLOPEDIA [TRANS_TITLE]. VOLUME (EDITION ed.). LOCATION: PUBLISHER. ID. http://www.example.com/. Retrieved 2006-07-02. 

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.