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Bibliographic details for "Encyclopædia Britannica"
- Page name: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Author: Wikipedia contributors
- Publisher: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
- Date of last revision: 13 May 2024 11:32 UTC
- Date retrieved: <citation>13 May 2024 11:32</citation> UTC
- Permanent link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226
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- Page Version ID: 1223632226
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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, May 13). Encyclopædia Britannica. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved <citation>11:32, May 13, 2024</citation>, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226
MLA Style Manual
Wikipedia contributors. "Encyclopædia Britannica." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 13 May. 2024. Web. <citation>13 May. 2024</citation>.
MHRA style
Wikipedia contributors, 'Encyclopædia Britannica', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 13 May 2024, 11:32 UTC, <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226> [accessed <citation>13 May 2024</citation>]
Chicago style
Wikipedia contributors, "Encyclopædia Britannica," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226 (accessed <citation>May 13, 2024</citation>).
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Wikipedia contributors. Encyclopædia Britannica [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2024 May 13, 11:32 UTC [cited <citation>2024 May 13</citation>]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226.
Bluebook style
Encyclopædia Britannica, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226 (last visited <citation>May</citation> <citation>13, 2024</citation>).
AMA style
Wikipedia contributors. Encyclopædia Britannica. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. May 13, 2024, 11:32 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226. Accessed <citation>May 13, 2024</citation>.
BibTeX entry
@misc{ enwiki:1223632226, author = "{Wikipedia contributors}", title = "Encyclopædia Britannica --- {Wikipedia}{,} The Free Encyclopedia", year = "2024", url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226", note = "[Online; accessed <citation>13-May-2024</citation>]" }
When using the LaTeX package url
(\usepackage{url}
somewhere in the preamble), which tends to give much more nicely formatted web addresses, the following may be preferred:
@misc{ enwiki:1223632226, author = "{Wikipedia contributors}", title = "Encyclopædia Britannica --- {Wikipedia}{,} The Free Encyclopedia", year = "2024", howpublished = "\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica&oldid=1223632226}", note = "[Online; accessed <citation>13-May-2024</citation>]" }
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