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Template:German National Library portal

The template also accepts the German Wikipedia title of the template {{DNB-Portal}}.

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* {{DNB portal|}}
* {{DNB portal||TYP=|NAME=}}

Parameters

The first parameter should be the IDN:

Standard parameter:

IDN identifier - e.g., Integrated Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei, abbreviated GND)

Example:

• {{DNB portal|7749153-1}}

gives Literature by and about German National Library portal in the German National Library catalogue

Additional optional parameters are:

TYP - The default words are "Literature by and about". To change this the parameter "TYP" is used.

Examples:

• {{DNB portal|135358795|TYP=Sound carrier of}} (if there is only a sound carrier of the person)

gives Sound carrier of German National Library portal in the German National Library catalogue

• {{DNB portal|135358795|TYP=Literature about}} (if there is only literature about but not by a person, or if the subject is not a person)

gives Literature about German National Library portal in the German National Library catalogue

NAME - the default setting is the page name.

Example:

• {{DNB portal|121503925|NAME=Peter Abrahams}}

gives Literature by and about Peter Abrahams in the German National Library catalogue (because the lemma is Peter Abrahams (American author))

TYP and NAME combined

Example:

• {{DNB portal|10336851-6|TYP=Sound carrier of|NAME=the Beginner}}

gives Sound carrier of the Beginner in the German National Library catalogue

See also

• Template:Authority control
• Template:GND (returns just the link without verbose message)
• Template:DNB-IDN (wider scope of IDs)
• Template:LCAuth (similar, but at Library of Congress)