Global Discourse Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Global Discourse style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Global Discourse 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 Global Discourse.

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

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Global Discourse

Here’s an example book citation in Global Discourse 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:
Global Discourse 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 Global Discourse looks like this: (Angelou 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Global Discourse citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Global Discourse format?

Citing formats are used to recognize related literary pieces and to mention references used. To cite any paper in Global Discourse, follow these easy steps

Here’s a Global Discourse 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 Global Discourse: