ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) style?

This is the Citationsy guide to ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) 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 ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French).

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How do you cite a book in the ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) referencing style? (2024 Guide)

There are two places to get the information you need for a book citation: the title page, and the reverse side of the title page. Here’s how to cite it in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French).

Here’s an example book citation in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) using placeholders:
LAST NAME, First Name, 2000. Title. Edition. City : Publisher. ISBN ISBN.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) citation:
ANGELOU, Maya, 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1. New York : Random House. ISBN 9780375507892.
And an in-text citation book citation in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) format?

An ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s how

Here’s a ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname, 2000. Title. In : Container [en ligne]. 1 January 2000. Vol. Volume, n° Issue, p. pages Used. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. DOI DOI. Disponible à l’adresse : URL.
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 ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French):
PETIT, C. and SIEFFERMANN, J.M., 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. In : [en ligne]. 1 January 2007. Vol. 18, n° 1, p. 161-172. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. DOI 10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008. Disponible à l’adresse : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit, Sieffermann, 2007)


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How to cite a website in a paper in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) style?

Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French)? Here’s how to easily cite it

Here’s an ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) example website reference:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname and Author2 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname, 2000. Title. In : [en ligne]. 1 January 2000. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : https://www.example.com.
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
TRAN, Mark, 2008. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. In : [en ligne]. 5 November 2008. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) in 2024

Citing a video from YouTube may appear more difficult than citing a book because YouTube has so much information. But the process is quite simple, here’s how to do it in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French)

Here’s a ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) citation YouTube video example:
CHANNELNAME, 2000. Title. In : YouTube [en ligne]. 1 January 2000. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.
So how to cite a video ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French)?
PIXAR, 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In : YouTube [en ligne]. 3 June 2015. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ.
And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) referencing style

Did you know there are over 50 million podcast episodes out in the world for you to listen to? If you want to cite one in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French), here’s how

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 ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French).
LASTNAME, Firstname, 2000. Title [en ligne]. 1 January 2000. S.l. : Publisher. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : http://www.example.com.
Podcast referencing example in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) using “This American Life” episode 640:
THIS AMERICAN LIFE, 2018. 640: Five Women [en ligne]. 2 March 2018. S.l. : WBEZ Radio. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French) referencing style?

Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French)

An example song citation in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French).
LASTNAME, Firstname, 2000. Song Title [en ligne]. 1 January 2000. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : http://www.example.com.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in ISO-690 (author-date, no abstract, French):
THE BEATLES, 1969. Here Comes the Sun [en ligne]. 26 September 1969. [Consulté le 19 April 2024]. Disponible à l’adresse : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)


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