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211.30.17.74: /* See also */ adding another subject-specific talk page template: Reliable sources for medical articles.

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{{#if: {{{docIntro|}}} | {{{docIntro}}} | This template produces a series of links to various search interfaces to help find additional reference material for articles. }} {{#if: {{{isUsedInMainspace|}}} | | This template should not be used in articles themselves - see [[Wikipedia:EL#Links normally to be avoided]]. }}

== Usage ==
The first parameter is the main search term, which will be treated as a [[literal string]] if multi-part (e.g. <code>Albert Einstein</code> 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 <code>-</code> (hyphen) to exclude them from the search results, or both (e.g. <code>-"Marilyn Monroe"</code> to exclude matches containing the phrase "Marilyn Monroe", but not either name by itself, from the search results). You do ''not'' need to add <code>-wikipedia</code>, 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 article is passed as the search string. Note that this may or may not be desirable with disambiguated article names (if the Wikipedia disambiguator is sensible, however, it may actually help refine the search results)

== Search engines ==
The template includes links to the following search engines:
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== Examples ==
*Default search:
:<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{{template}}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

:produces:

:{{ {{{template}}} }}

*Simple search:
:<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{{template}}}<nowiki>|Albert Einstein}}</nowiki></code>

:produces:

:{{ {{{template}}}|Albert Einstein}}

*Complex search:
:<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{{template}}}<nowiki>|Albert Einstein|physics|-"Marilyn Monroe"|relativity|science}}</nowiki></code>

:produces:

:{{ {{{template}}}|Albert Einstein|physics|-"Marilyn Monroe"|relativity|science}}

== See also ==
* {{Tl|Find sources notice}} - styled article talk header template for article talk pages
* {{tl|Find sources}} - main find sources template
* {{Tl|Find sources 3}} - template with many more sources to search.
* {{Tl|Find sources 4}} - template with even more sources to search.
* {{tl|Find sources AFD}} - used in Articles for deletion discussions
* {{Tl|Find video game sources}} - includes a link to [[User:Gwern|Gwern]]'s [http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=009114923999563836576:1eorkzz2gp4 Google RS]
* {{tl|Reliable sources for medical articles}}
* {{Tl|Refideas}} - template to include links to possible sources
* {{Tl|Search}} - the original search template on which this template was based
* {{Tl|Search for}} - a multi-purpose search engine sidebar
* [[Help:Find sources]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Search links]]

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