BMC Nursing Referencing Guide
(updated Feb 2023)

Last updated: Tue, Jan 31 2023 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in BMC Nursing style?

This is the Citationsy guide to BMC Nursing 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 BMC Nursing.

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How do you cite a book in the BMC Nursing referencing style? (2023 Guide)

Have you come across fiction, non-fiction, history, novel or any other book and you want to include it in your works-cited-list in BMC Nursing? This is how.

Here’s an example book citation in BMC Nursing using placeholders:

1. Last Name FN. Title. Edition. 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:
BMC Nursing citation:

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

And an in-text citation book citation in BMC Nursing looks like this: [1]

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How to reference a journal article in the BMC Nursing citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in BMC Nursing format?

To cite a research paper or journal article following the BMC Nursing formatting guide, follow these easy steps

Here’s a BMC Nursing journal citation example using placeholders:

1. 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 BMC Nursing:

1. Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. . 2007;18:161-72. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.

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

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How to cite a website in a paper in BMC Nursing style?

The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), webpage title, website title, institution/publisher, publication date, and DOI or URL. Here’s how to cite it properly in BMC Nursing

Here’s an BMC Nursing example website reference:

1. Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. . 2000. https://www.example.com. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

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

1. Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. . 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video BMC Nursing in 2023

Are you watching a YouTube video and found something worth sharing in your research paper? Here’s how to cite a YouTube video in BMC Nursing

Here’s a BMC Nursing citation YouTube video example:

1. ChannelName. Title. YouTube. 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

So how to cite a video BMC Nursing?

1. Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

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

How to cite a podcast using BMC Nursing referencing style

Did you know there are over 50 million podcast episodes out in the world for you to listen to? If you want to cite one in BMC Nursing, here’s how

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 BMC Nursing.

1. Lastname F. Title. . 2000. http://www.example.com. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

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

1. This American Life. 640: Five Women. . 2018. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

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

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

You might be listening to a song or lyrics from a song you want to cite in an essay or presentation. This is how to easily cite a song in BMC Nursing

An example song citation in BMC Nursing.

1. Lastname F. Song Title. 2000. http://www.example.com. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

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

1. The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed 2Feb.2023.

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

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BMC Nursing Referencing Guide (updated Feb 2023)