Template:Cite thesis/doc

Purpose
Unpublished Doctoral, Masters thesis. Other Higher Research Degrees.
 * These reports are to be published in the Wikipedia sense of verifiability: a University recognised by other Universities as capable of awarding research higher degrees must have accepted and passed the thesis or dissertation, and the dissertation must be available for consultation through abstracting / microfilming / electronic archiving / University Library access.
 * Failed, unsubmitted, or incomplete theses are not Reliable Sources; and should not be used for verification purposes.

Published theses should be cited with cite book. The degree parameter can be used for specifying the degree.

Wikilinks
Except where specifically prohibited in the parameter descriptions below, most parameters can be wikilinked (e.g. ), but should generally only be linked to an existing Wikipedia article. Wikilinked parameters must escape the characters  rather than including them directly.

Syntax (for the technical-minded)
Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters:
 * parent
 * OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
 * child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
 * OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)

Description

 * last: Surname of author. Do not wikilink (use authorlink instead).
 * first: Given or first name(s) of author, including title(s) (e.g. Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Snr.). Do not wikilink (use authorlink instead).
 * The 'last' and 'first' parameters are not ideally suited to authors whose surname is usually written first (e.g. as in Chinese). Use the same format as the source uses to handle these cases.
 * See Examples for typical usage.
 * authorlink: Title of Wikipedia article about author (not the author's personal website). Article should already exist. Must not be wikilinked itself. Do not use this on its own, but along with author or first and last.
 * coauthors: Full name of additional author or authors, separated by ", " (e.g. Joe Bloggs, John F. Kennedy, H. R. Dent).
 * For multiple authors, use the parameters first1, last1, ...,firstn, lastn to 'correctly' record all the information about the document (the first nine authors are printed, then et al. is appended if even more authors were specified). Do not wikilink as there are corresponding authorlink1, ..., authorlink9 parameters as well. This usage is preferred to the use of coauthors.
 * editor: Name of editor/editors; not usually used for a thesis, but supported. Do not Wikilink any values in the editor parameter but use editor-link instead. The template automatically adds "ed." after the editor's name unless the chapter parameter is used in which case the template adds "in" before the editor's name which appears after the chapter and before the title. This implies that the author is responsible only for part of the document (including the cited chapter) and the editor responsible for the whole document. If, however, the author(s) and editor(s) are responsible for the whole document, then the editor parameter or its alternates described below should not be used if the chapter parameter is being used. Instead, the editor(s) should be included in an author parameter with possibly "(ed.)" after the surname(s). Alternatively, the editor parameter may be used if the chapter detail is included in the title parameter instead of using the chapter parameter.
 * OR: alternatively editor-first and editor-last can be used in the same way as first and last.
 * OR: for multiple editors up to four in number, use the parameters editor1-first, editor1-last, ...,editorn-first, editorn-last to 'correctly' record all the information about the document in the same way as firstn and lastn.
 * editor-link or editor1-link...editorn-link is used in the same way as authorlink or authorlinkn.
 * others: To record other contributors to the work, such as "Illustrated by Smith" or "Trans. Smith".
 * title: Title of document. This is the only required parameter. Can be wikilinked but only to an existing Wikipedia article. Do not use italics.
 * trans_title: If the document cited is in a foreign language, an English translation of the title can be given here. The template will display this in square brackets after the title parameter and it will point to the url link, if used. Use of language parameter is recommended if this parameter is used.
 * url: URL of an online location where text of the document can be found. Cannot be used if you wikilinked title. If applicable, should point to the specific page(s) referenced.
 * format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
 * accessdate: Full date when url was accessed. Should be used when url parameter is used. Should be in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article. Must not be wikilinked.
 * archive parameters (if used, both must be provided)
 * archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and Archive.org.
 * archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked.
 * degree: Defaults to Thesis in parenthesis; when set it adds 'thesis', i.e. 'Ph.D.' ressults in ''Ph.D. thesis'. Can be overridden by type.
 * type: An optional parameter which can be used to provide additional information about a document type. Overrides degree.
 * edition: When the document has more than one edition. e.g.: "2nd.", "Revised" etc.. Note that the template automatically displays " ed." after this parameter, so  produces "2nd ed.".
 * series: When the document is part of a series of publications.
 * volume: Not generally required for a thesis. For one document published in several volumes. However, this template displays the text in this parameter in bold type after the title and series parameters. An alternative is to include the volume information in the title parameter after the main title (see example below). (NB: there is a separate Cite encyclopedia template).
 * date: Full date of document edition being referenced, in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article. Must not be wikilinked. Do not use for years without specifying the month: use year instead.
 * OR: year: Year of document edition being referenced
 * month: Name of the month of document. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
 * origyear: Original document year, for display alongside the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics, for instance   or  . This parameter only displays if there is a value for year or date.
 * publisher: Publisher should not include corporate designation such as "Ltd" or "Inc".
 * location: Geographical place of publication.
 * language: The language the document is written in, if it is not English. The template automatically puts parentheses around the text and adds "in" before the language name.
 * isbn: International Standard Book Number such as 1-111-22222-9. Note that isbn, like all parameter names, must be in lowercase. The parameter must not be wikilinked as the template automatically creates a link. The template is insensitive to formatting so an ISBN number without dashes ("-") may be used (e.g. 1111222229), though ISBNs with correctly formatted dashes are preferred (see ISBN and ISBN). Please use the 13-digit ISBN where possible; this can normally be found beneath the barcode as a number beginning 978 or 979. For documents with the older SBN system (9 digits), use this parameter but prefix the number with a zero; thus SBN 902888-45-5 should be entered as 0-902888-45-5.  More information about this feature and its advantages is available at ISBN.
 * oclc: Online Computer Library Center ID number, such as 3185581. The parameter must not be wikilinked as the template automatically creates a link.
 * doi: A digital object identifier such as  10.1016/j.coi.2004.08.001 . The parameter must not be wikilinked as the template automatically creates a link.
 * doi_brokendate: The date that a digital object identifier link was found to be broken.
 * bibcode: A nineteen character Bibcode identifier. The parameter must not be wikilinked as the template automatically creates a link.
 * Several other parameters are available for catalogue or other identifying numbers; these include arxiv, asin, issn (International Standard Serial Number), jfm, jstor, lccn, mr, ol (Open Library), osti, pmc, pmid, rfc, ssrn and zbl.
 * id: A unique identifier, used if none of the above are applicable. In this case, you need to specify the kind of identifier you are using, preferably with a template like ASIN or ISSN.  (Use one of the more specialized parameters if possible; they are linked automatically.  In other words, do not use ISBN 1-111-22222-9 anymore; use 1-111-22222-9. If the document has a SBN but not an ISBN, see isbn.)
 * pages or page: These parameters are for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the document. " " produces "pp. 5–7", while " " produces "p. 5". The "pp." notation indicating multiple pages, and "p." notation indicating a single page, are placed automatically when you choose between the plural (pages) or singular (page) form of the parameter. Page ranges should be separated by an unspaced en dash (–).
 * nopp: using "page" or "pages", automatically places the p. or pp. notations. If this is inappropriate—for instance, if, placing any value after   (e.g.   will hide the p. or pp. notation.
 * at: Position within the resource when page/pages is inappropriate, e.g. para. 14 (when citing a source without page numbers) or no. 456 (something in a numbered list). This parameter is ignored if page/pages is specified.
 * Using e.g. para. 14 produces similar results to para. 14y or para. 14y
 * chapter (= contribution): The chapter of the document, written in full. Punctuation (other than quotation marks, which are supplied around the chapter title automatically by the template) should be included in the value passed to the parameter, e.g. Chapter 12: Meet Dick and Jane. produces "Chapter 12: Meet Dick and Jane." ahead of title.
 * trans_chapter: Acts in the same way as trans_title. The parameter will be displayed in square brackets within the quotation marks which embrace the chapter parameter. Use of language parameter is recommended if this parameter is used.
 * chapterurl (=contribution-url): URL of an individual chapter of online document. Should be at the same site as url, if any. If chapterurl is used, url should only be used if the beginning of the work and the cited chapter are on separate webpages at the site.
 * quote: Relevant quote from the document. Should not be excessive in length: More than a few sentences is rarely needed, and if needed then the Wikipedia article's prose should probably more adequately address the topic and/or quote the material directly, e.g. with . The template will automatically provide quotation marks, but not a terminal period/full stop (or diaeresis as appropriate), nor initial capitalization, both of which should be added manually. Example: "[I]t was not only competition, but the introduction of new techniques that drew spectators to the events..."
 * ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value ID generates an anchor with the given ; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value harv generates an anchor suitable for the harv template; see anchors for Harvard referencing templates. See "Wikilinks to full references" in Examples below for using the ref parameter in citation templates in conjunction with short citations.
 * laysummary: Link to a non-technical summary (or review) of the document
 * laydate: Date of summary
 * separator: The separator to use in lists of authors, editors, etc. Defaults to ".", but "," may be useful also. If the parameter is present, but blank, no separator will be used.
 * author-separator: Parameter allowing punctuation style to be altered
 * author-name-separator: Parameter allowing punctuation style to be altered
 * display-authors: By default, the number of authors displayed is limited to 8; if 9 are provided, the ninth is displayed as "et al.". This parameter allows display of fewer authors before the "et al." (e.g., 2); alternatively, the "et al." may be suppressed by the use of 9.
 * postscript: The closing punctuation for the citation. If specified, over-rides the default behaviour of terminating the citation with a full stop. If the parameter is present, but blank, no terminating punctuation will be used. This may be useful when generating an output consistent with other templates. It is preferred to manually adding ending punctuation, as the punctuation occurs within the &lt;cite&gt; tag, so will appear before any icons added by browser plugins. Ignored if quote is specified.
 * lastauthoramp: The separator to use between the last two names in lists of authors. Defaults to "", but "&amp;" may be useful as well.
 * docket: Docket number

Usage summary
Horizontal format:

Sample output: