Requirements Engineering Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Requirements Engineering style?

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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 Requirements Engineering.

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

A book citation in Requirements Engineering always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

Here’s an example book citation in Requirements Engineering using placeholders:
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Last Name FN (2000) Title, 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:
Requirements Engineering citation:
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Angelou M (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. Random House, New York
And an in-text citation book citation in Requirements Engineering looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the Requirements Engineering citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Requirements Engineering format?

A journal is a scholarly article that presents research from experts in a certain field. Here’s how to cite a paper in Requirements Engineering

Here’s a Requirements Engineering journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container Volume: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 Requirements Engineering:
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Petit C, Sieffermann J (2007) Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18:161-172. 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 Requirements Engineering style?

The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), webpage title, website title, institution/publisher, publication date, and DOI or URL. Here’s how to cite it properly in Requirements Engineering

Here’s an Requirements Engineering example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 25 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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Tran M (2008) Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Requirements Engineering in 2024

Did you know almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. Here’s how to cite one in Requirements Engineering

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

How to cite a podcast using Requirements Engineering 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 Requirements Engineering

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 Requirements Engineering.
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Lastname F (2000) Title
Podcast referencing example in Requirements Engineering using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women
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 Requirements Engineering referencing style?

Are you into rock, pop, heavy metal, hip hop, jazz, electronic, or classical music and would like to cite or reference one of your favourite songs? Here’s how to do it in Requirements Engineering

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


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