Petroleum Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Petroleum style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Petroleum 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 Petroleum.

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

To create a basic works-cited-list entry for a book in Petroleum follow these simple steps

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


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

How do you cite scientific papers in Petroleum format?

Citing formats are used to recognize related literary pieces and to mention references used. To cite any paper in Petroleum, follow these easy steps

Here’s a Petroleum 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.
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 Petroleum:
[1]
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.
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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How to cite a website in a paper in Petroleum style?

The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in Petroleum is straight forward. Here’s how

Here’s an Petroleum example website reference:
[1]
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed April 25, 2024).
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
[1]
M. Tran, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, (2008). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed April 25, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Petroleum in 2024

Are you watching a YouTube video and found something worth sharing in your research paper? Here’s how to cite a YouTube video in Petroleum

Here’s a Petroleum citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed April 25, 2024).
So how to cite a video Petroleum?
[1]
Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed April 25, 2024).
And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using Petroleum referencing style

To cite a podcast episode in Petroleum, this is what you’ll need

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 Petroleum.
[1]
F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed April 25, 2024).
Podcast referencing example in Petroleum using “This American Life” episode 640:
[1]
This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed April 25, 2024).
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 Petroleum 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 Petroleum

An example song citation in Petroleum.
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F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed April 25, 2024).
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Petroleum:
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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 25, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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