Template:Google books/doc
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Usage
{{Google books|id|title|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=}}
The page, keywords, text, and plainurl parameters are all optional.
The |id= parameter is the string of twelve characters found in the specific Google Books URL after "id=" but before "&".
The |title= parameter is used to specify the publication title when used as a link (and not as a bare URL; |title= is not useful when |plainurl= is used).
The |page= parameter may be used to link to a particular page number. |pg= can be used for "special" pages, e.g. |pg=PR1 for the page numbered "i" or |pg=PP2 for an inside cover (check the specific circumstances as appropriate for the latter as they vary from book to book).
The |keywords= parameter may be used to search for particular keywords within the text (corresponding to the q parameter in the Google URL); |text= searches for a quoted phrase (corresponding to the dq parameter in the Google URL).
The |plainurl= parameter tells the template to output a URL (web address) only, rather than a linked book title and page number. Use |plainurl=yes when using this template in a |url= parameter of a citation template. |plain-url= works as an alias.
For external links, the following all do the same thing:
{{Google books|id=id|title=title}}{{Google books|1=id|2=title}}{{Google books|id|title}}
For URLs, the following all do the same thing:
{{Google books|id=id|plainurl=yes}}{{Google books|1=id|plainurl=yes}}{{Google books|id|plainurl=yes}}
Example 1:
Doe, John. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|page=42}}
creates
- Doe, John. History of the Western Insurrection, p. 42, at Google Books.
Example 2:
{{cite book|last=Doe|first=John|title=History of the Western Insurrection|url={{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|page=42|plainurl=yes}}|page=42}}
creates
- Doe, John. History of the Western Insurrection. p. 42.
Example 3:
Doe, John. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|pg=PP2}}
creates this which links to the bookplate on the inside cover
- Doe, John. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Books.
Example 4:
Doe, John. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|pg=PR1}}
creates this which links to the title page complete with inscriptions
- Doe, John. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Books.