Teegee.max

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{{helpme}} Thank you for the welcome. I have been browsing the citation help, and can not seem to resolve the following: if the same citation has several sources (case at hand - published in a refereed journal and on arXiv), how can both links be included such that it is clear the publication is the same, but available from different sources? Teegee.max (talk) 17:51, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

In a case such as that I would cite the journal, which is the reputable source, but provide a link to the arXiv copy as a convenience. (Unless there is an alternative web location for the journal which may be preferred.)

The {{cite journal}} template provides several fields to identify the printed journal; date, title, journal name as well as volume, issue and page numbers. There is also another field for url, and if the publisher itself does not provide an online copy, it is fine to link to another reputable site which does.

I hope that covers it, but if you have any more queries feel free to:

• Leave a message on my talk page; or
• Use another {{helpme}} here; or
• Talk to us live, with this.

Regards, AJCham 18:03, 8 November 2009 (UTC)