Template:Cite book

Cites a printed or electronic book. Calls {{Citation}} for the core fields.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
`title`	Book title (required)	`Distributed Systems Design`
`last` / `first`	Author surname / first name	`Smith` / `John`
`author`	Full author name (alternative to last/first)	`Smith, John`
`date` or `year`	Publication year	`2022`
`publisher`	Publisher	`Academic Press`
`location`	City of publication	`New York`
`edition`	Edition	`3rd`
`series`	Series name	`Lecture Notes in Computer Science`
`volume`	Volume number	`4`
`chapter`	Chapter title	`Scheduling in BOINC`
`pages`	Page(s) cited	`45–67`
`isbn`	ISBN	`978-0-12-345678-9`
`url`	URL (for online editions)	`https://example.com/book`
`access-date`	Date accessed	`2026-05-18`

Example

{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=David P. |date=2004 |title=BOINC: A System for Public-Resource Computing and Storage |publisher=IEEE |pages=4–10 |isbn=978-0-7695-2189-6}}