Referencing Tip #1 - *Use Google Books to replace unverifiable references.*
For a subject like Gandhi, you will often come across references such as this:
*^http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi&oldid=470829986#cite_ref-5 * Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi (1997). *The Mahatma and the Poet*. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India. p. 1.
(reference 6 on this oldid - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi&old... )
The reference was for Rabindranath Tagore being the person who coined the term "Mahatma" for Gandhi.
Instead, by searching for "Tagore coined the term Mahatma" on Google, I got lots of links, a few with preview.
I immediately find this link: Indian English poetry and fiction: critical elucidations: Volume 1 - Page 15http://books.google.co.in/books?id=g2DHBzEO9UEC&pg=PA15&dq=Tagore+coined+the+term+Mahatma&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IpQOT9TpEYjUrQetj6XsAQ&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg http://books.google.co.in/books?id=g2DHBzEO9UEC&pg=PA15&dq=Tagore+coined+the+term+Mahatma&hl=en&ei=IpQOT9TpEYjUrQetj6XsAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=3&ved=0CEUQ6wEwAg books.google.co.inAmar Nath Prasadhttp://www.google.co.in/search?num=100&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=33v&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&biw=1280&bih=842&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Amar+Nath+Prasad%22&ei=IpQOT9TpEYjUrQetj6XsAQ&ved=0CEMQ9Ag, A.N. Prasad Rajiv K.Malikhttp://www.google.co.in/search?num=100&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=33v&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&biw=1280&bih=842&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Amar+Nath+Prasad%22&q=inauthor:%22A.N.+Prasad+Rajiv+K.Malik%22&ei=IpQOT9TpEYjUrQetj6XsAQ&ved=0CEQQ9Ag- 2007 - 269 pages - Full viewhttp://books.google.co.in/books?id=g2DHBzEO9UEC&pg=PA15&dq=Tagore+coined+the+term+Mahatma&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IpQOT9TpEYjUrQetj6XsAQ&ved=0CEYQuwUwAg It was *Tagore*, who popularized the *term* "*Mahatma*"- great soul as a description of Gandhi. *...* His fame rested partly on his charisma-a world that might have been *invented* for *Tagore* — which was experienced at first hand in many *...*
So when I click the link, i reach this page,
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=g2DHBzEO9UEC&pg=PA15&dq=Tagore+co...
which works admirably as a reference:
*It was Tagore who popularised the term "Mahatma" - Great soul, as a description of Gandhi.
*So just pickup the page url & add it to reftag*
*and bang!* *RefTag gives you a ready made WikiText reference to use*:
<ref name="PrasadMalikPrasad2007">{{cite book|last1=Prasad|first1=Amar Nath|last2=Malik|first2=Rajiv K.|last3=Prasad |first3=A.N. |title=Indian English poetry and fiction: critical elucidations|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=g2DHBzEO9UEC&pg=PA15%7Caccessdate=12 January 2012|date=1 November 2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-730-5|page=15}}</ref>
*Just add it instead to the article instead of the unverifiable reference & you only need to save. * *Actually, since I used a different search term, I found another reference for the article instead of the one above.*
*Richard L. Johnson; Gandhi (Mahatma) (2006). *Gandhi's experiments with truth: essential writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi*http://books.google.com/books?id=dRQcKsx-YgQC&pg=PA279. Lexington Books. p. 279. ISBNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number 978-0-7391-1143-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7391-1143-7. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------