Citation templates

Below are examples of how to use templates to cite books, journals, and websites.


 * For full description of the template — click the template name
 * Required field(s) are indicated in bold
 * Copy and paste the text under "common usage" to use the template.
 * Following each example is the resulting article text.

See Citing sources for a list of tools which can help create some of the templates below.

{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%" ! source ! template (required) ! common usage ! Example 1 article text ! Example 2 article text


 * rowspan=1 | book
 * cite book title
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 * rowspan=1 | journal
 * cite journal Title
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 * rowspan = 1 | website
 * cite web title url
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