Template:Google books

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Google books at Google Book Search

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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 'normal' page (i.e. PA24). |pg= can be used for 'special' pages

• Normal pages, e.g. |pg=PA5 for normal page 5. This is equivalent to |page=5
• Roman pages, e.g. |pg=PR5 for roman page v
• preamble pages, e.g. |pg=PP5 for preamble page 5 (often not officially numbered, scheme varies from book to book)
• e-book pages, e.g. |pg=PT5, for the fifth page of an e-book (often not officially numbered)

If the page is prefaced with RA-, that can usually be removed.

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). Only one of these should be used.

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.

In many cases when converting an existing Google Books URL, only one of the above should be used. When multiple parameters are present, the final target page is much more likely to vary over time. If linking to a specific page, only use the page parameter, and if doing a text search then do not include the page parameter. The desired parameters are often the ones after the # symbol, since GB uses javascript.

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:

Brackenridge, H. M. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection}}

creates

Brackenridge, H. M. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Book Search.

Example 2:

Brackenridge, H. M. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|keywords=blood}}

creates

Brackenridge, H. M. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Book Search.

Example 3:

Brackenridge, H. M. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|page=42}}

creates

Brackenridge, H. M. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Book Search.

Example 4:

{{cite book|last=Brackenridge|first=H.M.|title=History of the Western Insurrection|url={{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|page=42|plainurl=yes}}|page=42}}

creates

Brackenridge, H.M. [Google books at Google Book Search History of the Western Insurrection]. p. 42. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)

Example 5:

Brackenridge, H. M. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|page=42|text=Perhaps bloodshed might have been avoided.}}

creates

Brackenridge, H. M. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Book Search.

Example 6:

Brackenridge, H. M. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|pg=PP2}}

creates this which links to the bookplate on the inside cover

Brackenridge, H. M. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Book Search.

Example 7:

Brackenridge, H. M. {{Google books|7ydCAAAAIAAJ|History of the Western Insurrection|pg=PR1}}

creates this which links to the title page complete with inscriptions

Brackenridge, H. M. History of the Western Insurrection at Google Book Search.

See also

• {{Google Books URL}}
• {{Cite book}}
• Google Books
• WP:GBOOKS

Further research

• "Static Links". Google Books APIs. Google Developers. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
• "Linking to individual titles on Google Books". Books Help. Google Help. Retrieved 2019-07-23.

Generator

• Citer, hosted on the Wikimedia Toolforge, can be used to convert Google Books URLs—as well as many other forms of universal identifiers (DOI, ISBN, PMID,etc.)—into full {{cite book}} transclusions.

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