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

How do you cite a book in the Chaos referencing style? (2022 Guide)
A book citation in Chaos always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an exampleHere’s an example book citation in Chaos using placeholders:
1 F.N. Last Name, Title, Edition (Publisher, City, 2000).
Chaos citation:
1 M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. (Random House, New York, 1969).
How to reference a journal article in the Chaos citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Chaos format?
An Chaos 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 howHere’s a Chaos journal citation example using placeholders:
1 Author1 LastnameA.F. and Author3 LastnameA.F., Container Volume, (2000).
1 C. Petit and J. Sieffermann, 18, (2007).
How to cite a website in a paper in Chaos style?
Although not all open web content is appropriate as scholarly evidence, you might find yourself wanting to reference a web page in Chaos. Here’s a quick and simple guide on how to do itHere’s an Chaos example website reference:
1 Author1 LastnameA.F. and Author2 LastnameA.F., (2000).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
1 M. Tran, (2008).
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How to cite a YouTube video Chaos in 2022
Did you know almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. Here’s how to cite one in ChaosHere’s a Chaos citation YouTube video example:
1 ChannelName, YouTube (2000).
1 Pixar, YouTube (2015).
How to cite a podcast using Chaos referencing style
Are you listening to a history, philosophy, or literature podcast and you want to cite it in a presentation or research paper. Here’s how to do it in ChaosIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Chaos.
1 F. Lastname, (2000).
1 This American Life, (2018).
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Chaos referencing style?
Have you found a song you would like to cite and include in your essay? Here’s how to cite a song in ChaosAn example song citation in Chaos.
1 F. Lastname, Song Title (2000).
1 The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun (1969).
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