Actuators Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Actuators style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Actuators 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 Actuators.

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How do you cite a book in the Actuators 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 Actuators? This is how.

Here’s an example book citation in Actuators using placeholders:
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Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Actuators citation:
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Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.
And an in-text citation book citation in Actuators looks like this: [1]


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

How do you cite scientific papers in Actuators format?

Citing formats are used to recognize related literary pieces and to mention references used. To cite any paper in Actuators, follow these easy steps

Here’s a Actuators journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. Title. Container 2000, Volume, pages Used.
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 Actuators:
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Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007, 18, 161-172.
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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

The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), webpage title, website title, institution/publisher, publication date, and DOI or URL. Here’s how to cite it properly in Actuators

Here’s an Actuators example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on Mar.29, 2024).
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran, M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on Mar.29, 2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Actuators 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 Actuators

Here’s a Actuators citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on Mar.29, 2024).
So how to cite a video Actuators?
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Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on Mar.29, 2024).
And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using Actuators referencing style

Did you know there are over 50 million podcast episodes out in the world for you to listen to? If you want to cite one in Actuators, here’s how

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 Actuators.
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Lastname, F. Title 2000.
Podcast referencing example in Actuators using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.
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 Actuators referencing style?

Many people think that referencing songs or lyrics to songs isn’t common practise. That’s why we’re here to make it as simple and easy for you to reference a song in Actuators. This is all you need

An example song citation in Actuators.
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Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Actuators:
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The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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