BioControl Referencing Guide
(updated Sep 2022)

Last updated: Fri, Sep 23 2022 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in BioControl style?

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? (2022 Guide)

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in BioControl

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, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
BioControl citation:

Angelou M (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st edn.. Random House, New York

And an in-text citation book citation in BioControl looks like this: (Angelou 1969)

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

How do you cite scientific papers in BioControl format?

An BioControl citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s how

Here’s a BioControl journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (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 BioControl:

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 BioControl style?

Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in BioControl? Here’s how to easily cite it

Here’s an BioControl example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 25 Sep. 2022

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 25 Sep. 2022

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

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How to cite a YouTube video BioControl in 2022

Have you discovered something while watching a Youtube channel or video and would like to know how to reference it in BioControl? Here’s how

Here’s a BioControl citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 25 Sep. 2022

So how to cite a video BioControl?

Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 25 Sep. 2022

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

How to cite a podcast using BioControl referencing style

A more entertaining way to learn is to simply listen to a podcast. This is something relatively new that many people still don’t know how to cite and reference. Here’s how to do it in BioControl

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?

Although citing a song might seem uncommon, there’s no need to worry. We’ve got you covered for both audio recordings and written song lyrics, here’s how to cite in BioControl

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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BioControl Referencing Guide (updated Sep 2022)