Template:Search/doc

Template for creating a list of URLs searching for the same string
This page's template creates a short, parenthetical list of abbreviated external links to different searchable locations for the same search string. This could be useful on a talk page to encourage researching a topic from a variety of sources.

For example:

produces the following list of links to various searches for  (hover over a link for a tooltip showing the search link's title):

The abbreviations stand for:
 * wp - Wikipedia search
 * gwp - Google search of Wikipedia
 * g - Google search
 * bwp - Bing search of Wikipedia
 * b - Bing search
 * eb - Encyclopaedia Britannica search
 * co - Columbia Encyclopedia search
 * gct - Google search of the PC Magazine Encyclopedia
 * sw - ScienceWorld search (sister site of the more famous MathWorld site)
 * arc - Internet Archive search
 * ht - HathiTrust Digital Library search

For an abbreviated list of links, omit the y parameter.