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This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies website http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/.
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Usage
This template will categorize articles that include it into Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Library of Congress Country Studies.
With no parameters, {{Loc}} results in:
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies website http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/.
There are four optional parameters, article, url, author, and accessdate. For example,
{{Loc|article=Kazakhstan |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Kazakhstan.pdf}} produces:
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies document: "Kazakhstan" (PDF).
{{Loc|article=Kazakhstan |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Kazakhstan.pdf |author=Martha Brill Olcott}} produces:
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies document: Martha Brill Olcott. "Kazakhstan" (PDF).
{{Loc|article=Kazakhstan |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Kazakhstan.pdf |author=Martha Brill Olcott |accessdate=2008-08-08}} produces:
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies document: Martha Brill Olcott. "Kazakhstan" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-08-08.