Bone Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to Bone 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 Bone.
How to do citations in Bone style?

How do you cite a book in the Bone referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Bone using placeholders:[1]
F.N. Last Name, Title, Edition, Publisher, City, 2000.
Bone citation:
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J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st ed., Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London, 1997.
How to reference a journal article in the Bone citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Bone format?
Here’s a Bone journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., Title, Container. Volume (2000) pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.
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C. Petit, J. Sieffermann, Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18 (2007) 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
How to cite a website in a paper in Bone style?
Here’s an Bone example website reference:[1]
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed April 11, 2021).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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M. Tran, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, (2008). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed April 11, 2021).
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How to cite a YouTube video Bone
Here’s a Bone citation YouTube video example:[1]
ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed April 11, 2021).
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Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed April 11, 2021).
How to cite a podcast using Bone 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 Bone.
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F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed April 11, 2021).
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This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed April 11, 2021).
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Bone referencing style?
An example song citation in Bone.[1]
F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed April 11, 2021).
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed April 11, 2021).
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