CoDesign Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in CoDesign style?

This is the Citationsy guide to CoDesign 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 CoDesign.

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How do you cite a book in the CoDesign referencing style? (2024 Guide)

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in CoDesign

Here’s an example book citation in CoDesign using placeholders:
Last Name, First Name. 2000. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
CoDesign citation:
Angelou, Maya. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House.
And an in-text citation book citation in CoDesign looks like this: (Angelou 1969)


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

How do you cite scientific papers in CoDesign format?

To cite a research paper or journal article following the CoDesign formatting guide, follow these easy steps

Here’s a CoDesign journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Container Volume (Issue). Journal Name: pages Used. doi:DOI.
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 CoDesign: