Usage

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{{Cite ODNB|doi=ODNB doi|title=ODNB article name}}

For example, {{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/29986|title=Worsley, Sir Richard}} displays:

"Worsley, Sir Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29986. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

List of supported parameters

This template supports all parameters that are supported by {{cite encyclopedia}}.

Several parameters have pre-set defaults (but may be overridden):

  • |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]
  • |edition=online
  • |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]

To override the defaults, type the parameter and a value, like {{Cite ODNB|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|edition=14th}}

Article author (for the full set of author parameters, see {{cite encyclopedia}}):

  • |first=first name of the article author, if present
  • |last=last name of the article author, if present

Article titles and identification:

Years and dates

  • |origyear=original year—The initial year of publication is usually 2004; if the entry has been updated, the current year parameter may be different.
  • |year=year of ODNB article publication
  • |date=date of ODNB article publication—Only set both date and year parameters if date is in YYYY-MM-DD format. In such cases the date parameter value is displayed but year parameter value is used by templates such as {{harvnb}}.
  • |access-date=—Not needed as the ODNB has both date of article modification, a builtin archive and a doi structure; if used, requires |url=

Some articles are freely available to the public, such as Virginia Woolf. In those cases, you can add the optional |freearticle= parameter.

Hidden categories

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This template places articles that incorporate it into an administrative hidden category:

Pages using both |id= and |doi= are tracked in Category:Pages using cite ODNB with both doi and id parameters

See also

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  • {{ODNBsub}}—A subscription template used as a postscript by this template.
  • {{DNBfirst}}—Can be placed on the same line as {{Cite ODNB}} to allow readers who do not have access to ODNB to see older versions of the text now in the public domain. This is particularly useful if there is a version of the text available on Wikisource. Please refrain from using this template if the same DNB article is already available in the Wikipedia article via {{Cite DNB}} or {{DNB}}.
  • {{Who's Who}}
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography.
  • {{Subscription or libraries}}—A template for use when a subscription may be required or the source may be at a library.