Arctic Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Arctic style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Arctic citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in Arctic.

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How do you cite a book in the Arctic referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Have you come across fiction, non-fiction, history, novel or any other book and you want to include it in your works-cited-list in Arctic? This is how.

Here’s an example book citation in Arctic using placeholders:
Last Name, F.N. 2000. Title, Edition. ed. City: Publisher.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Arctic citation:
Angelou, M. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. New York: Random House.
And an in-text citation book citation in Arctic looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Arctic citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Arctic format?

The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in Arctic, follow this example

Here’s a Arctic journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. Container Volume(Issue):pages Used.
. https://doi.org/DOI
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in Arctic:
Petit, C., and Sieffermann, J. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18(1):161-172.
. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)


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How to cite a website in a paper in Arctic style?

When listing Internet sources in your References or Works Cited, the most important thing to remember is that your goal is to make it easy for a reader to check and consult your sources. Here’s how to cite a website in Arctic

Here’s an Arctic example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title.
. URL https://www.example.com (accessed 3.28.2024).
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, M. 2008. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President.
. URL https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 3.28.2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Arctic in 2024

Citing a video from YouTube may appear more difficult than citing a book because YouTube has so much information. But the process is quite simple, here’s how to do it in Arctic

Here’s a Arctic citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. 2000. Title., YouTube.
. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 3.28.2024).
So how to cite a video Arctic?
Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out., YouTube.
. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 3.28.2024).
And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Arctic referencing style

To cite a podcast episode in Arctic, this is what you’ll need

It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Arctic.
Lastname, F. 2000. Title.
Podcast referencing example in Arctic using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Arctic referencing style?

Did you know there are well over 100 million different songs you can cite and reference? Here’s a simple guide to reference any song in Arctic

An example song citation in Arctic.
Lastname, F. 2000. Song Title, Album.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Arctic:
The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)


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