AMBIO Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to AMBIO 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 AMBIO.
How do you cite a book in the AMBIO referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in AMBIO using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N. 2000. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher.
So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
Rowling, J. K. 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
And an in-text citation book citation in AMBIO looks like this:
(Rowling 1997)
How to reference a journal article in the AMBIO citation style?
Here’s a AMBIO journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F., and Author3 LastnameA. F. 2000. Title. Container Volume. 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 AMBIO:
Petit, C., and J. Sieffermann. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? 18. Food Quality and Preference: 161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(Petit and Sieffermann 2007)
Citing a website in AMBIO reference style
Here’s an AMBIO example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA. F., and Author2 LastnameA. F. 2000. Title. Publisher.
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. The Guardian.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(Tran 2008)
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How to cite a YouTube video AMBIO
Here’s a AMBIO citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. 2000. Title. YouTube.
So how to cite a video AMBIO?
Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube.
And an in-text video citation would look like this:
(Pixar 2015)
How to cite a podcast using AMBIO referencing style
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 AMBIO.
Lastname, F. 2000. Title. Publisher.
Podcast referencing example in AMBIO using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(This American Life 2018)
How to cite a piece of music or a song using AMBIO referencing style?
An example song citation in AMBIO.
Lastname, F. 2000. Song Title. Album.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in AMBIO:
The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(The Beatles 1969)
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