This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Country Studies. Federal Research Division.

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Usage

((Country study
|country=
|abbr=
|section=
|author=
|editor=
|date=
|pd=<!-- yes/no - no removes the notice about pd text -->
|linline=yes<!--changes the prescript from "This article..." to "One or more of the preceding sentences..." -->
))

The abbr parameter is usually the country code top-level domain.

The ((Loccs)) template redirect to this.

((Loccs|country=|abbr=|section=|date=))

Note that this template accepts the same parameters as ((cite encyclopedia)), beyond author, editor, and date.

Examples

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Vincent Ercolano (1994). Helen Chapin Metz (ed.). Comoros: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Transportation and Telecommunications.

No section

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Vincent Ercolano (1994). Helen Chapin Metz (ed.). Comoros: A Country Study. Federal Research Division.

No date

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Vincent Ercolano. Helen Chapin Metz (ed.). Comoros: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Transportation and Telecommunications.

Only required parameters country and abbr. ((Country study|country= Comoros|abbr=km))

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Comoros: A Country Study. Federal Research Division.

With extra edition parameter (inherited from ((cite book))):

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Vincent Ercolano (1994). Helen Chapin Metz (ed.). Comoros: A Country Study (6th ed.). Federal Research Division. Transportation and Telecommunications.

With pd=no

Vincent Ercolano (1994). Helen Chapin Metz (ed.). Comoros: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Transportation and Telecommunications.

With inline=yes

One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Vincent Ercolano (1994). Helen Chapin Metz (ed.). Comoros: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Transportation and Telecommunications.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country study in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country study

This template creates a citation to the Library of Congress 'Country Study' book series.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Topic country	`country`	Name of country (chapter in Country Studies)	String	optional
Country abbreviation	`abbr`	Abbreviation used as part of Library of Congress URL	String	optional
Verbatim text incorporated?	`pd`	Whether public domain text was incorporated. Anything but 'no' will generate notice.	String	optional
Section of country study	`section`	Section of country study referenced	String	optional
Year of publication	`year`	Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known	String	optional
Encyclopedia	`encyclopedia` `encyclopaedia` `dictionary`	Title of the source; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'work'	String	optional
Location of publication	`location`	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'	String	optional
id	`id`	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable	String	optional
URL access date	`access-date`	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink	String	optional
Last name	`last`	The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	optional
First name	`first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	optional
Source date	`date`	Full date of the source; do not wikilink	String	required
Author link	`authorlink`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Page name	optional
Others	`others`	Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'	String	optional
Month of publication	`month`	Name of the month of publication; do not wikilink; use 'date' instead, if day of month is also known	String	optional
Original year	`origyear`	Original year of publication; provide specifics	String	optional
Editor last name	`editor-last` `editor` `editor-surname` `editor-last1` `editor-surname1` `editor1` `editor1-last` `editor1-surname`	The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Unknown	optional
Editor first name	`editor-first` `editor-given` `editor-first1` `editor-given1` `editor1-first` `editor1-given`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Unknown	optional
Editor link	`editor-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'	Page name	optional
Place of publication	`publication-place`	Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'	String	optional
Publication date	`publication-date`	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink	String	optional
Edition	`edition`	When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'	String	optional
Series	`series`	When the source is part of a series, such as a book series where the issue numbering has restarted; alias of 'version'	String	optional
Volume	`volume`	For one publication published in several volumes	String	optional
Page	`page`	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	String	optional
Pages	`pages`	Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'	String	optional
No pp	`nopp`	Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')	String	optional
Language	`language`	The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates	String	optional
Translated title	`trans_title`	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	String	optional
Type	`type`	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case	String	optional
Format	`format`	Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML	String	optional
arXiv identifier	`arxiv`	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers	String	optional
ASIN	`asin`	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters	String	optional
ASIN TLD	`asin-tld`	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US	String	optional
Bibcode	`bibcode`	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters	String	optional
DOI	`doi`	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'	String	optional
DOI broken date	`doi_brokendate`	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken	String	optional
ISBN	`isbn`	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible	String	optional
ISSN	`issn`	International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen	String	optional
jfm code	`jfm`	Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code	String	optional
JSTOR	`jstor`	JSTOR identifier	String	optional
LCCN	`lccn`	Library of Congress Control Number	String	optional
MR	`mr`	Mathematical Reviews identifier	String	optional
OCLC	`oclc`	Online Computer Library Center number	String	optional
OL	`ol`	Open Library identifier	String	optional
OSTI	`osti`	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier	String	optional
PMC	`pmc`	PubMed Center article number	String	optional
PMID	`pmid`	PubMed Unique Identifier	String	optional
RFC	`rfc`	Request for Comments number	String	optional
SSRN	`ssrn`	Social Science Research Network	String	optional
Zbl	`zbl`	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier	String	optional
Archive URL	`archiveurl`	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'	String	optional
Archive date	`archivedate`	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	String	optional
Dead URL	`deadurl`	If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live	String	optional
Quote	`quote`	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation	String	optional
Ref	`ref`	An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template	String	optional
Separator	`separator`	The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark Default .	String	optional
Author mask	`author-mask`	Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead	String	optional
Author name separator	`author-name-separator`	Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark Default ,	String	optional
Author separator	`author-separator`	Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark Default ;	String	optional
Display authors	`display-authors`	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed; alias of 'displayauthors' Default 8	Number	optional
Last author ampersand	`lastauthoramp`	When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'	String	optional
Last name 2	`last2` `author2` `surname2` `author-last2` `author2-last` `subject2`	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	optional
First name 2	`first2` `given2` `author-first2` `author2-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	optional
Last name 3	`last3` `author3` `surname3` `author-last3` `author3-last` `subject3`	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.	String	optional
First name 3	`first3` `given3` `author-first3` `author3-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 4	`last4` `author4` `surname4` `author-last4` `author4-last` `subject4`	The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.	String	optional
First name 4	`first4` `given4` `author-first4` `author4-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 5	`last5` `author5` `surname5` `author-last5` `author5-last` `subject5`	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.	String	optional
First name 5	`first5` `given5` `author-first5` `author5-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 6	`last6` `author6` `surname6` `author-last6` `author6-last` `subject6`	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.	String	optional
First name 6	`first6` `given6` `author-first6` `author6-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 7	`last7` `author7` `surname7` `author-last7` `author7-last` `subject7`	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.	String	optional
First name 7	`first7` `given7` `author-first7` `author7-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 8	`last8` `author8` `surname8` `author-last8` `author8-last` `subject8`	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.	String	optional
First name 8	`first8` `given8` `author-first8` `author8-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 9	`last9` `author9` `surname9` `author-last9` `author9-last` `subject9`	The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.	String	optional
First name 9	`first9` `given9` `author-first9` `author9-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional

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