IRBM Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in IRBM style?

This is the Citationsy guide to IRBM 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 IRBM.

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

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

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


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

How do you cite scientific papers in IRBM 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 IRBM

Here’s a IRBM journal citation example using placeholders:
[1]
Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000;Volume: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 IRBM: