BioControl Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to BioControl 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 BioControl.

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

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

Last Name FN (2000) Title, Edition. 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:

Rowling JK (1997) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st edn.. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London

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

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

Here’s a BioControl journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container. 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 BioControl:

Petit C, Sieffermann J (2007) Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 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 BioControl reference style

Here’s an BioControl example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 18 Sep. 2019

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. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 18 Sep. 2019

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

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How to cite a YouTube video BioControl

Here’s a BioControl citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 18 Sep. 2019

So how to cite a video BioControl?

Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 18 Sep. 2019

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

How to cite a podcast using BioControl 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 BioControl.

Lastname F (2000) Title

Podcast referencing example in BioControl 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 BioControl referencing style?

An example song citation in BioControl.

Lastname F (2000) Song Title

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

The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun

And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles 1969)

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