Template:Cite book/doc

Note: This template is maintained for historical reasons because a few pages may use it. In practice, it may be simpler to type in your citation manually following the Chicago style. Learning this template and all the parameters probably takes longer than looking up the appropriate Chicago format and doing it manually.

A good place to look up the Chicago style may be found here: Purdue OWL

When you want to cite a book, type this template and type recommended bibliographic details to make the book citation clear.

Most common forms
You can cite a book by using the template forms below.

To cite a book with a credited author or

To cite a book with no credited author

To cite a book in a foreign language

All

 * – the author's first name
 * – the author's last name
 * – alternative to the  and   parameters
 * – the book title
 * – when the book was published
 * – name of the publisher
 * – location or address
 * – when the book was accessed
 * – book's pages that you read
 * – the language of the book
 * – the month when the book was published
 * – the year when the book was published
 * – the URL of the book archive
 * – the URL of the author
 * – the year when you accessed the book
 * – the month when you accessed the book
 * – name of coauthors
 * – date of the archive
 * – quote or note about the source
 * – book's International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
 * – book's American Standard Identification Number (ASIN)
 * – book's International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
 * – book's WorldCat's Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
 * – book's PubMed identifier; see also the pmc parameter; these are two different identifiers (PMID)
 * – book's PubMed Central identifier; see also the pmid parameter above; these are two different identifiers (PMC)
 * - book's Digital Object identifier; for example: 10.1038/news070508-7. It is checked to ensure it begins with (10.). (DOI)
 * - URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; the URL title is set to "Lay summary". Aliases: lay-summary, laysummary (lay-url)
 * - Name of the source of the laysummary. Displays in italics and preceded by an endash. Alias: lay-source (laysource)
 * – Date of the summary (lay-url). Displays in parentheses. Alias: laydate.
 * – author's name
 * – book title
 * – when the book was published
 * – when the book was published