Interface Focus Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Interface Focus style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Interface Focus 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 Interface Focus.

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

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in Interface Focus

Here’s an example book citation in Interface Focus using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. 2000 Title. 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:
Interface Focus citation:
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Angelou M. 1969 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st edn. New York: Random House.
And an in-text citation book citation in Interface Focus looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the Interface Focus citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Interface Focus 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 Interface Focus, follow this example

Here’s a Interface Focus journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. 2000 Title. Container Volume, 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 Interface Focus:
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. 2007 Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18, 161-172. (doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008)
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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How to cite a website in a paper in Interface Focus style?

If you’re writing a research paper, you’ll likely do a fair amount of research online. If you have websites that you want to use as sources for your paper in Interface Focus, follow this simple guide

Here’s an Interface Focus example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. 2000 Title. See https://www.example.com (accessed on 16 April 2024).
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M. 2008 Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. See https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on 16 April 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Interface Focus in 2024

To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to Interface Focus, all you need it the following

Here’s a Interface Focus citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName. 2000 Title. YouTube. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on 16 April 2024).
So how to cite a video Interface Focus?
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Pixar. 2015 Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on 16 April 2024).
And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using Interface Focus referencing style

Citing a podcast in Interface Focus is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do it

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 Interface Focus.
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Lastname F. 2000 Title.
Podcast referencing example in Interface Focus using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life. 2018 640: Five Women.
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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

Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in Interface Focus is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:

An example song citation in Interface Focus.
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Lastname F. 2000 Song Title. Album.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Interface Focus:
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The Beatles. 1969 Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road.
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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