Circulation Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Circulation 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 Circulation.

How to do citations in Circulation style?

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

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

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:
Circulation citation:

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

And an in-text citation book citation in Circulation looks like this: ¹

How to reference a journal article in the Circulation citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Circulation format?

Here’s a Circulation journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 7];Volume:pages Used. Available from: URL

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 Circulation:

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2021 Dec. 7];18:161-172. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

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

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

Here’s an Circulation example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 7];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 Dec. 7];Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Circulation

Here’s a Circulation citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 7];Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Circulation?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube. 2015 [cited 2021 Dec. 7];Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

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

How to cite a podcast using Circulation 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 Circulation.

Lastname F. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 7];Available from: http://www.example.com

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

This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2021 Dec. 7];Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women

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

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

An example song citation in Circulation.

Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 7]. Available from: http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. 1969 [cited 2021 Dec. 7]. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

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

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