Vacuum Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Vacuum style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Vacuum 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 Vacuum.

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

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in Vacuum

Here’s an example book citation in Vacuum 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:
Vacuum 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 Vacuum looks like this: [1]


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

How do you cite scientific papers in Vacuum format?

The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in Vacuum, follow this example

Here’s a Vacuum journal citation example using placeholders:
[1]
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 Vacuum:
[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 Vacuum style?

Have you found a credible website you want to cite in Vacuum to include in your research paper or presentation? Here’s how

Here’s an Vacuum example website reference:
[1]
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed March 28, 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 March 28, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Vacuum in 2024

If you’ve previously cited a video from a website in Vacuum, then the process for citing a video from YouTube is basically the same. Here’s how to do it

Here’s a Vacuum citation YouTube video example:
[1]
ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed March 28, 2024).
So how to cite a video Vacuum?
[1]
Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed March 28, 2024).
And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using Vacuum referencing style

To cite a podcast episode in Vacuum, all you need to do is the following

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 Vacuum.
[1]
F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed March 28, 2024).
Podcast referencing example in Vacuum using “This American Life” episode 640:
[1]
This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed March 28, 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 Vacuum referencing style?

Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in Vacuum is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:

An example song citation in Vacuum.
[1]
F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed March 28, 2024).
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Vacuum:
[1]
The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed March 28, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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