Yeast Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Yeast style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Yeast 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 Yeast.

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How do you cite a book in the Yeast 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 Yeast

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


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

How do you cite scientific papers in Yeast format?

An Yeast 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 Yeast journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. 2000. Title. Container, Volume: pages Used. URL (Accessed March 29, 2024).
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 Yeast:
Petit C, Sieffermann J. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18: 161-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008 (Accessed March 29, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [Petit and Sieffermann 2007]


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

If you’re writing a research paper, you’ll likely do a fair amount of research online. If you have websites that you want to use as sources for your paper in Yeast, follow this simple guide

Here’s an Yeast example website reference:
Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. 2000. Title. https://www.example.com (Accessed March 29, 2024).
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran M. 2008. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (Accessed March 29, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [Tran 2008]

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How to cite a YouTube video Yeast in 2024

Are you watching a YouTube video and you don’t know how to cite it? Here’s a simple way to do it in Yeast

Here’s a Yeast citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. 2000. Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (Accessed March 29, 2024).
So how to cite a video Yeast?
Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (Accessed March 29, 2024).
And an in-text video citation would look like this: [Pixar 2015]

How to cite a podcast using Yeast referencing style

To cite a podcast episode in Yeast, 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 Yeast.
Lastname F. 2000. Title. http://www.example.com (Accessed March 29, 2024).
Podcast referencing example in Yeast using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (Accessed March 29, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [This American Life 2018]

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Yeast referencing style?

Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in Yeast

An example song citation in Yeast.
Lastname F. 2000. Song Title. http://www.example.com (Accessed March 29, 2024).
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Yeast:
The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (Accessed March 29, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [The Beatles 1969]


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