Human Development Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Human Development style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Human Development 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 Human Development.

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How do you cite a book in the Human Development 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 Human Development

Here’s an example book citation in Human Development using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.; Edition). 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:
Human Development citation:
Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1st ed.). Random House.
And an in-text citation book citation in Human Development looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Human Development citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Human Development format?

Have you come across a research paper or journal article you would like to cite in your own research? Here’s how to do it in Human Development

Here’s a Human Development journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F., & 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 Human Development: