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This template is intended to ease citation from online edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (known as Britannica), excluding previous printed editions of the encyclopedia. Much of this template was derived from Template:Cite EJ, so credit to User:Ploni for that.

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{{cite EBO |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |author1-link=Albert Einstein |title=Albert Einstein on space-time |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Albert-Einstein-on-Space-Time-1987141 |access-date=2024-11-23}}

Einstein, Albert. "Albert Einstein on space-time". Encyclopædia Britannica (Online ed.). Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. ISSN 1085-9721. OCLC 33663660. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

{{cite EBO |short=yes |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |author1-link=Albert Einstein|title=Albert Einstein on space-time |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Albert-Einstein-on-Space-Time-1987141 |access-date=2024-11-23}}

Einstein, Albert. "Albert Einstein on space-time". Encyclopædia Britannica (Online ed.). Retrieved 2024-11-23.

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This template is intended to provide easy citations to the online edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. This template should not be used to cite previous editions of the encyclopedia.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Short?	`short`	Shortens the citation format, omitting ISSN and publisher information.	Boolean	optional
Last name	`last` last1	Last name of the author of the article (if mentioned) Example Carter	String	optional
First name	`first` first1	First name of the author of the article (if mentioned) Example Jimmy	String	optional
Author link	`author-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author. Example Jimmy Carter	Page name	optional
Access date	`access-date`	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink.	Date	suggested
URL	`article-url` url	The URL of the online location where the text of the article can be found. Example https://www.britannica.com/event/Camp-David-Accords	URL	suggested
Article title	`article` title	The title of the article being cited. Example Camp David Accords	String	required
article-url-access	`article-url-access` url-access		Line	optional
trans-article	`trans-article` trans-chapter trans-title		Line	optional

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