4OR Referencing Guide
(updated May 2022)
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How to do citations in 4OR style?
This is the Citationsy guide to 4OR citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to 4OR 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 4OR.

How do you cite a book in the 4OR referencing style? (2022 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 4ORHere’s an example book citation in 4OR using placeholders:
Last Name FN (2000) Title, Edition. Publisher, City
4OR citation:
Angelou M (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st edn.. Random House, New York
How to reference a journal article in the 4OR citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in 4OR format?
An 4OR 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 howHere’s a 4OR journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container Volume:pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI
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
How to cite a website in a paper in 4OR style?
Citing your sources is a necessary part of any research paper. To cite a website in 4OR this is what you needHere’s an 4OR example website reference:
Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 22 May 2022
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 22 May 2022
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How to cite a YouTube video 4OR in 2022
Are you watching a YouTube video and you don’t know how to cite it? Here’s a simple way to do it in 4ORHere’s a 4OR citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 22 May 2022
Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 22 May 2022
How to cite a podcast using 4OR 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 4ORIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in 4OR.
Lastname F (2000) Title
This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women
How to cite a piece of music or a song using 4OR 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 4ORAn example song citation in 4OR.
Lastname F (2000) Song Title
The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun
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