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This is the Citationsy guide to Brain 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 Brain.

How to do citations in Brain style?

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

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

Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000

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:
Brain citation:

Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc; 1997

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

How to reference a journal article in the Brain citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Brain format?

Here’s a Brain journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000; Volume: pages Used.

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 Brain:

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007; 18: 161-172.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)

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How to cite a website in a paper in Brain style?

Here’s an Brain example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. 2000[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: https://www.example.com

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 [Internet]. 2008[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Brain

Here’s a Brain citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube 2000[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Brain?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube 2015[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

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

How to cite a podcast using Brain 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 Brain.

Lastname F. Title [Internet]. 2000[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: http://www.example.com

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

This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. 2018[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/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 Brain referencing style?

An example song citation in Brain.

Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. 2000[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. 1969[cited 2021 Jul. 25] Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

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

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Brain Referencing Guide

This is the Citationsy guide to Brain 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 Brain.