Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check/Guidelines

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[edit] Referencing

1. Type <ref>(My footnote text)</ref> where you would like the footnote number to appear.
2. Add a "Notes", "References", or "Notes and references" section at the bottom of the article, if one does not already exist. In that section, simply adding "<references/>" or "{{reflist}}" will automatically generate the list of footnotes.

For a more detailed explanation, see Help:Footnotes. Please note that footnotes should generally be placed after the punctuation.

[edit] Style

Within a given article, please use a consistent style of referencing that is appropriate for the topic and the sources used. If an article already has numerous citations when you begin working on it, try to agree with the format already in place. There are templates to assist with formatting: see Wikipedia:Citation templates.

[edit] Searching and referencing books via Google Book Search

Google Book Search gives us the veracity of published books, and the convenience of online sources. It is available to search at http://books.google.com . For example, to search for mentions of Michael Ledeen in printed books, use the following Google search: "Michael Ledeen" on google books. You should find scanned pages from the book.

When you find books on Google Books, don't link directly to that page. Instead, include a standard reference (author, title, ISBN) in the usual book format.

Also, you could use the {{findsources}} template, for example, {{findsources|Michael Ledeen}} produces Find sources: "Michael Ledeen" — news, books, scholar.