Computers Referencing Guide

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How to do citations in Computers style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Computers 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 Computers.

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

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

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

Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Computers citation:

Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.

And an in-text citation book citation in Computers looks like this: [1]

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Computers format?

An Computers 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 how

Here’s a Computers journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. 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 Computers:

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: [1]

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

Although not all open web content is appropriate as scholarly evidence, you might find yourself wanting to reference a web page in Computers. Here’s a quick and simple guide on how to do it

Here’s an Computers example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on Jan.17, 2022).

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 Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on Jan.17, 2022).

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Computers

Citing a video from YouTube may appear more difficult than citing a book because YouTube has so much information. But the process is quite simple, here’s how to do it in Computers

Here’s a Computers citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on Jan.17, 2022).

So how to cite a video Computers?

Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on Jan.17, 2022).

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

How to cite a podcast using Computers referencing style

A more entertaining way to learn is to simply listen to a podcast. This is something relatively new that many people still don’t know how to cite and reference. Here’s how to do it in Computers

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 Computers.

Lastname, F. Title 2000.

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

This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.

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

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

Did you know there are well over 100 million different songs you can cite and reference? Here’s a simple guide to reference any song in Computers

An example song citation in Computers.

Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.

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

The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.

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

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