Wikipedia:HighBeam/Citations

Here are some examples of citations which include original information as well as a link to HighBeam. There's no mandatory form for citations. You should follow whatever citation style has been chosen for the relevant article, e.g., using citation templates or not. Wikipedia's rules about bare URLs and link rot require editors not to add only an unlabeled link to HighBeam (or any other website). You should provide the normal citation information for the source (i.e., author, title, date, etc.). You may provide a convenience link to HighBeam (and HighBeam Research would presumably appreciate it); if you do so, it should be labeled as "subscription required".

Good luck and enjoy. If you have other ways of citing, feel free to add to this list!

Example 1—publisher, subscription required text

<ref>{{cite web|title=National implementation committee approves funds for Swami Vivekananda values' education project|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2131107461.html#|publisher=US Fed News Service, Including US State News via [[HighBeam Research]] (subscription required)|accessdate=14 April 2012|date=September 6, 2010}}</ref>

Example 2—publisher, subscription required template

<ref>{{cite web|title=National implementation committee approves funds for Swami Vivekananda values' education project|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2131107461.html#|publisher=US Fed News Service, Including US State News via [[HighBeam Research]] |accessdate=14 April 2012|month=September|year=2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

Example 3—no publisher, subscription required in Title

<ref>{{cite web|title=National implementation committee approves funds for Swami Vivekananda values' education project (subscription required)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2131107461.html#|publisher=US Fed News Service, Including US State News |accessdate=14 April 2012|date=6 September 2010}}</ref>

Example 4—publisher, subscription required template

<ref>{{cite news | last = Goodnight | first = L | title = The blast heard halfway 'round the world | work = [[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]] | date = 2003-07-16 | accessdate = 2012-04-16 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-75406409.html | publisher = via [[HighBeam Research]] }} {{Subscription required}}</ref>

Example 5—publisher, subscription required template, without citation template

Goodnight, L. (2003-07-16). [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-75406409.html "The blast heard halfway 'round the world"]. ''[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]]'' (via [[HighBeam Research]]). Retrieved 2012-04-16. {{Subscription required}}