Rethinking History Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)

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

Have you come across fiction, non-fiction, history, novel or any other book and you want to include it in your works-cited-list in Rethinking History? This is how.

Here’s an example book citation in Rethinking History using placeholders: So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Rethinking History citation: And an in-text citation book citation in Rethinking History looks like this: (Angelou 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Rethinking History citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Rethinking History format?

An Rethinking History 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 how

Here’s a Rethinking History journal citation example using placeholders: 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 Rethinking History: