Buildings Referencing Guide
(updated May 2022)
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How to do citations in Buildings style?
This is the Citationsy guide to Buildings citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to Buildings 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 Buildings.

How do you cite a book in the Buildings referencing style? (2022 Guide)
Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in BuildingsHere’s an example book citation in Buildings using placeholders:
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Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.
Buildings citation:
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Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.
How to reference a journal article in the Buildings citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Buildings format?
A journal is a scholarly article that presents research from experts in a certain field. Here’s how to cite a paper in BuildingsHere’s a Buildings journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. Title. Container 2000, Volume, pages Used.
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Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007, 18, 161-172.
How to cite a website in a paper in Buildings style?
The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in Buildings is straight forward. Here’s howHere’s an Buildings example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on May22, 2022).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran, M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on May22, 2022).
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How to cite a YouTube video Buildings in 2022
Have you discovered something while watching a Youtube channel or video and would like to know how to reference it in Buildings? Here’s howHere’s a Buildings citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on May22, 2022).
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Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on May22, 2022).
How to cite a podcast using Buildings referencing style
To cite a podcast episode in Buildings, this is what you’ll needIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Buildings.
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Lastname, F. Title 2000.
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This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Buildings referencing style?
Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in Buildings is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:An example song citation in Buildings.
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Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.
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The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.
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