Nicholson, Oliver, ed. (2018). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.
The template can be placed in different locations and, depending on what is required, the parameters can be mixed and matched:
| Location | Parameters | Example | Notes |
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| References section | {{Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity}}
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Nicholson, Oliver, ed. (2018). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8. | Basic reference format, suitable when referencing multiple entries from the same work. For inline referencing, use {{sfn|ODLA}}, e.g. {{sfn|ODLA|loc="Aachen ambo ivories" (John Hanson), p. 1}} |
| References section or inline citation | {{Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity|title=|url=|first=|last=|page=}}
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Hanson, John (2018). "Aachen ambo ivories". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8. | Some additional information: entry title; url to the Oxford Reference database; the first and last names of the author of the article; and the page number. For inline referencing, use the author last name(s), e.g. {{sfn|Hanson|2018|p=1}} |
This template is wrapper around {{cite encyclopedia}}. In its default mode it attributes text to an article from the Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity.
This template automatically sets some of the parameters passed into {{cite encyclopedia}}. Over and above the standard parameter passed into {{cite encyclopedia}} there are some additional parameters and those are listed below in a separate table from the table of parameters passed into {{cite encyclopedia}}.
Minimum is: {{Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity}} or {{ODLA}}
Typical full set is:{{Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity|title=|last=|first=|authorlink=|url=|volume=|page=|pages=}}
| Parameter | Set to | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| last= | last= | Set to the value of last= or not set |
| first= | first= | Set to the value of first= or not set |
| authorlink= | authorlink= | Set to the value of authorlink= or not set |
| last2= | last2= | Set to the value of last2= or not set |
| first2= | first2= | Set to the value of first2= or not set |
| authorlink2= | authorlink2= | Set to the value of authorlink2= or not set |
| last3= | last3= | Set to the value of last3= or not set |
| first3= | first3= | Set to the value of first3= or not set |
| authorlink3= | authorlink3= | Set to the value of authorlink3= or not set |
| editor-first= | Oliver | Automatically set within the template |
| editor-last= | Nicholson | Automatically set within the template |
| editor-link= | Oliver Nicholson | Automatically set within the template |
| encyclopedia= | The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity | Automatically set within the template |
| title= | title= | Set to title=, if not set then left blank. |
| url= | url= | Set to the value of url=, if not set then no external link appears. |
| year= | 2018 | Automatically set within the template |
| publisher= | Oxford University Press | Automatically set within the template |
| volume= | volume= | Set to the value of volume= (options are 1 or 2) or not set; is used to set encyclopedia title and isbn |
| location= | Oxford | Automatically set within the template |
| isbn= | 978-0-19-866277-8 (entire work), 978-0-19-881624-9 (volume 1), 978-0-19-881625-6 (volume 2) | Automatically set within the template |
| page= | page= | Set to the value of page= or not set |
| pages= | pages= | Set to the value of pages= or not set |
| ref= | harv or {{harvid|ODLA}} | Unless last= set, it is set automatically within the template to {{harvid|ODLA}}. This means that {{sfn}} and {{harvnb}} link to this template as intended. |