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{{Infobox book|name=Karim Khan Zand: A History of Iran, 1747-1779|image=1|author=[[John R. Perry]]|country=[[United States of America]]|genre=non-fiction|published=1979|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|series=Publications of the [[Center for Middle Eastern Studies]]; no. 12|caption=1|italic title=force|subject=1|pages=340|dewey=955.03|congress=DS295 .P47|border=yes|orig_lang_code=en}} |
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Is there a place in wikipedia to ask for verification of sources in an article that I do not have access to? For example, if it is a Finnish source without online access or something like that?
- WP:Reliable sources noticeboard or the WP:Reference desk might be able to help, maybe?
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- ask Wikipedia:reference Desk as we cannot help with that here
- Hello. I think you are asking how to get hold of a copy of a source that you haven’t got. The Resource exchange is the best place to go to for that.
- Access to cited sources must always be possible, but is not required to be easy (or cost free). For a Finnish offline source – let’s say, a book or a newspaper article that has not been digitised – you might have to contact someone in Finland to consult the source for you, or even travel there yourself! (I’ve been, though not for research purposes, and recommend it.)
- If the source were as I have described, you might be able to ask your local Public Library to check if the item is held by the National Library of Finland, and if it is for a copy of the relevant information to be copied and sent to you (probably for a fee). Sometimes, research is hard: as a professional editor (during the previous millennium) I sometimes had to travel fair distances (though not abroad) to museums, libraries and record offices to obtain information. Hope this helps.
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