Visual Studies Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Visual Studies style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Visual Studies 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 Visual Studies.

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How do you cite a book in the Visual Studies 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 Visual Studies

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


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How to reference a journal article in the Visual Studies citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Visual Studies format?

Have you come across a research paper or journal article you would like to cite in your own research? Here’s how to do it in Visual Studies

Here’s a Visual Studies journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Container Volume (Issue). Journal Name: pages Used. doi: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 Visual Studies: