Contemporary South Asia Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Contemporary South Asia style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Contemporary South Asia 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 Contemporary South Asia.

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How do you cite a book in the Contemporary South Asia referencing style? (2024 Guide)

To create a basic works-cited-list entry for a book in Contemporary South Asia follow these simple steps

Here’s an example book citation in Contemporary South Asia using placeholders:
Last Name, First Name. 2000. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. 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:
Contemporary South Asia citation:
Angelou, Maya. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House.
And an in-text citation book citation in Contemporary South Asia looks like this: (Angelou 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Contemporary South Asia citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Contemporary South Asia format?

Do you need help referencing or citing a research paper in Contemporary South Asia? Here’s how

Here’s a Contemporary South Asia journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Container Volume (Issue). Journal Name: pages Used. doi: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 Contemporary South Asia: