IT Professional Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in IT Professional style?

This is the Citationsy guide to IT Professional 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 IT Professional.

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

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

Here’s an example book citation in IT Professional using placeholders:
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F. N. Last Name, 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:
IT Professional citation:
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M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. New York: Random House, 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in IT Professional looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the IT Professional citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in IT Professional format?

Do you need help referencing or citing a research paper in IT Professional? Here’s how

Here’s a IT Professional journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F., “Title”, Container, vol. Volume, no. Issue, p. pages Used, Jan. 2000, 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 IT Professional:
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C. Petit and J. Sieffermann, “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?”, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 161-172, Jan. 2007, 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 IT Professional style?

I found a useful website and want to cite information from it in my paper. How do I reference in IT Professional? Here’s a simple guide on how to do it

Here’s an IT Professional example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author2 LastnameA. F., “Title”, 01-Jan.-2000. [Online]. Available: https://www.example.com. [Accessed: 16-Apr.-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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M. Tran, “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”, 05-Nov.-2008. [Online]. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. [Accessed: 16-Apr.-2024].
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video IT Professional in 2024

Are you watching a YouTube video and you don’t know how to cite it? Here’s a simple way to do it in IT Professional

Here’s a IT Professional citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName, “Title”, YouTube, 01-Jan.-2000. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. [Accessed: 16-Apr.-2024].
So how to cite a video IT Professional?
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Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube, 03-Jun.-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. [Accessed: 16-Apr.-2024].
And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using IT Professional referencing style

A more entertaining way to learn is to simply listen to a podcast. This is something relatively new that many people still don’t know how to cite and reference. Here’s how to do it in IT Professional

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 IT Professional.
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F. Lastname, “Title”. Publisher, 01-Jan.-2000.
Podcast referencing example in IT Professional using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life, “640: Five Women”. WBEZ Radio, 02-Mar.-2018.
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 IT Professional referencing style?

Have you found a song you would like to cite and include in your essay? Here’s how to cite a song in IT Professional

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


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