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Revision as of 05:37, 18 March 2013

  • Find sources 4 — "Example"booksscholargnews recentgnews oldimagesbingnew york timesduckduckgowikipedia reference search
  • Template documentation

    This template produces a series of links to various search interfaces to help find additional reference material for articles. It is based on the {{find sources multi}} meta-template. This template should not be used in articles themselves - see Wikipedia:EL#Links normally to be avoided.

    Usage

    The first parameter is the main search term, which will be treated as a literal string if multi-part (e.g. Albert Einstein will be searched as the single string "Albert Einstein" not "Albert" and "Einstein" separately).

    Optional subsequent parameters (up to 4) are additional search terms. They can be enclosed in double quotation marks, preceded by an unspaced - (hyphen) to exclude them from the search results, or both (e.g. -"Marilyn Monroe" to exclude matches containing the phrase "Marilyn Monroe", but not either name by itself, from the search results). You do not need to add -wikipedia, as the template automatically does this for you. Also, there is no need to add words in plural form unless irregular, as the search interface will match (for example) billiards as well given a search term of billiard.

    If no parameters are given, the name of the article is passed as the search string. Note that this may or may not be desirable with disambiguated article names (if the Wikipedia disambiguator is sensible, however, it may actually help refine the search results).

    If |free=yes is added, Google News will only return free search results; please note that this can exclude many valuable sources simply because they have a small (or sometimes not so small) price tag; this parameter is best used when linking to source material in discussions, rather than when using the template near the top of an article's talk page as a source-finding resource.

    Search engines

    The template includes links to the following search engines:

    • Google, the flagship search engine from Google Inc.
    • Google Books, Google's search engine for books.
    • Google Scholar, Google's search engine for academic papers and other scholarly research.
    • Google News, Google's search engine for news sites. Only recent news stories will be searched for.
    • Google News, Google's search engine for news sites.
    • Google Images, Google's search engine for images. Only images compatible with Wikipedia's licensing are included.
    • Bing, Microsoft's flagship search engine.
    • The website of The New York Times, a highly respected newspaper.
    • DuckDuckGo, a search engine that uses information from crowd-sourced websites (such as Wikipedia) to provide its results.
    • Wikipedia Reference Search, a Google search that only searches sites vetted by Wikipedians.

    Examples

    • Default search:
    {{Find sources 4}}
    produces:
  • Find sources 4 — "Find sources 4"booksscholargnews recentgnews oldimagesbingnew york timesduckduckgowikipedia reference search
    • Simple search:
    {{Find sources 4|Albert Einstein}}
    produces:
  • Albert Einstein — "Albert Einstein"booksscholargnews recentgnews oldimagesbingnew york timesduckduckgowikipedia reference search
    • Complex search:
    {{Find sources 4|Albert Einstein|physics|-"Marilyn Monroe"|relativity|science|free=yes}}
    produces:
  • Albert Einstein — "Albert Einstein" physics -"Marilyn Monroe" relativity sciencebooksscholargnews recentfree gnews oldimagesbingnew york timesduckduckgowikipedia reference search
  • See also