Oryx Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Oryx style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Oryx 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 Oryx.

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

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Oryx

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


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

How do you cite scientific papers in Oryx format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the Oryx citation format.

Here’s a Oryx journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F. & Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000) Title. Container, Volume, pages Used. Journal Name.
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 Oryx: