Anthropocene Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Anthropocene 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 Anthropocene.

How to do citations in Anthropocene style?

How do you cite a book in the Anthropocene referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Anthropocene using placeholders:

Last Name, F.N., 2000. Title, Edition. ed. Publisher, City.

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:
Anthropocene citation:

Rowling, J.K., 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London.

And an in-text citation book citation in Anthropocene looks like this: (Rowling, 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the Anthropocene citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Anthropocene format?

Here’s a Anthropocene journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title. Container Volume, pages Used. https://doi.org/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 Anthropocene:

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

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)

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

Here’s an Anthropocene example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title [WWW Document]. URL https://www.example.com (accessed 9.24.2020).

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 [WWW Document]. URL https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 9.24.2020).

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Anthropocene

Here’s a Anthropocene citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName, 2000. Title [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 9.24.2020).

So how to cite a video Anthropocene?

Pixar, 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 9.24.2020).

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Anthropocene 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 Anthropocene.

Lastname, F., 2000. Title.

Podcast referencing example in Anthropocene using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life, 2018. 640: Five Women.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

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

An example song citation in Anthropocene.

Lastname, F., 2000. Song Title, Album.

Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Anthropocene:

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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