Template:Find sources documentation

Parameters
The first parameter is the main search term, which will be treated as a literal string if multi-part (e.g.  will be searched as the single string "Albert Einstein" not "Albert" and "Einstein" separately).

Optional subsequent parameters (up to 4) are additional search terms. They can be enclosed in double quotation marks, preceded by an unspaced  (hyphen) to exclude them from the search results, or both (e.g.   to exclude matches containing the phrase "Marilyn Monroe", but not either name by itself, from the search results). You do not need to add, as the template automatically does this for you. Also, there is no need to add words in plural form unless irregular, as the search interface will match (for example) billiards as well given a search term of billiard.

If no parameters are given, the name of the current subpage is used as the search string. If the current subpage has a disambiguator in parentheses, e.g. Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song), then the main part of the page name will be quoted and the disambiguation text will follow, like. You can specify that another title be used by using the  parameter.

How this works
Template:Find sources dynamically selects a list of relevant search links based on the WikiProjects listed on an article's talk page. The default search link array is find general sources. A full list of domain-specific link groups are available in the see also section of this document.

Domain links override
Template:Find sources respects the domain (aka search-domain) parameter (e.g. domain=general), which can be set by editors in talk header or find sources to override the automated selection.

Search engines
The template includes links to the following search engines:

Examples

 * Default search:


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 * Simple search:


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 * Complex search:


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(Note that Google and many other search engines use capitalized boolean operators "OR" and "AND".)


 * Custom title search:


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Topic templates
Domain-specific implementations of Find sources:

Additional resources

 * Find general sources
 * Refideas - template to include links to possible sources
 * Search - the original search template on which this template was based
 * Search for - a multi-purpose search engine sidebar
 * Reliable sources for medical articles
 * Help:Find sources
 * Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources
 * WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Search links