AORN Journal Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to AORN Journal 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 AORN Journal.

How to do citations in AORN Journal style?

How do you cite a book in the AORN Journal referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in AORN Journal using placeholders:

Last Name FN. Title. Edition. (Editor Last Name EFN, ed.). City: Publisher; 2000.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
AORN Journal citation:

Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.

And an in-text citation book citation in AORN Journal looks like this: ¹

How to reference a journal article in the AORN Journal citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in AORN Journal format?

Here’s a AORN Journal journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume(Issue):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 AORN Journal:

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007;18(1):161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

How to cite a website in a paper in AORN Journal style?

Here’s an AORN Journal example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. https://www.example.com. Published January 1, 2000. Accessed December 6, 2021.

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Published November 5, 2008. Accessed December 6, 2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

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How to cite a YouTube video AORN Journal

Here’s a AORN Journal citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Published January 1, 2000. Accessed December 6, 2021.

So how to cite a video AORN Journal?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Published June 3, 2015. Accessed December 6, 2021.

And an in-text video citation would look like this: ¹

How to cite a podcast using AORN Journal 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 AORN Journal.

Lastname F. Title. January 2000. http://www.example.com. Accessed December 6, 2021.

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

This American Life. 640: Five Women. March 2018. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed December 6, 2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

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

An example song citation in AORN Journal.

Lastname F. Song Title.; 2000. http://www.example.com. Accessed December 6, 2021.

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun.; 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed December 6, 2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

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