Optik Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)
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How to do citations in Optik style?
This is the Citationsy guide to Optik citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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This is the Citationsy guide to Optik 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 Optik.
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How do you cite a book in the Optik referencing style? (2024 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in OptikHere’s an example book citation in Optik using placeholders:
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F.N. Last Name, Title, Edition, Publisher, City, 2000.
Optik citation:
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M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed., Random House, New York, 1969.
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How to reference a journal article in the Optik citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Optik format?
An Optik 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 howHere’s a Optik journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., Title, Container. Volume (2000) pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.
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C. Petit, J. Sieffermann, Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18 (2007) 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
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How to cite a website in a paper in Optik style?
Citing your sources is a necessary part of any research paper. To cite a website in Optik this is what you needHere’s an Optik example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed April 24, 2024).
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, (2008). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed April 24, 2024).
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How to cite a YouTube video Optik in 2024
You can find short videos and how-to videos from a wide range of professionals on YouTube. As a result, you may need to know how to mention a video or YouTube in your research assignment or paper. Here’s how to do it in OptikHere’s a Optik citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed April 24, 2024).
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Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed April 24, 2024).
How to cite a podcast using Optik referencing style
Podcasts can be perfect sources of information for your research paper. They cover a wide range of topics you may want to address in your paper. Here’s how to cite them in OptikIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Optik.
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F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed April 24, 2024).
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This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed April 24, 2024).
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Optik 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 OptikAn example song citation in Optik.
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F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed April 24, 2024).
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed April 24, 2024).
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