Computers and Composition Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2023)

Last updated: Fri, Mar 24 2023 at 09:36am

Citationsy › Style Guides › Computers and Composition

How to do citations in Computers and Composition style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Computers and Composition 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 and Composition.

Automate citations and referencing with our tool, Citationsy. It’s free to try and over 400 000 students and researchers already use it.
Click here to give it a try.

cite Computers and Composition — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Computers and Composition referencing style? (2023 Guide)

Have you come across fiction, non-fiction, history, novel or any other book and you want to include it in your works-cited-list in Computers and Composition? This is how.

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

Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.; Edition). 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:
Computers and Composition citation:

Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1st ed.). Random House.

And an in-text citation book citation in Computers and Composition looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)

Automate citations and referencing in Computers and Composition with our tool, Citationsy.
It’s free to try and over 400 000 students and researchers already use it.
Click here sign up

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Computers and Composition format?

Have you come across a research paper or journal article you would like to cite in your own research? Here’s how to do it in Computers and Composition

Here’s a Computers and Composition journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used. https://doi.org/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 Computers and Composition:

Petit, C., & Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18(1), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit & Sieffermann, 2007)

Automate citations and referencing in Computers and Composition with Citationsy. Get started for free

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

Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in Computers and Composition? Here’s how to easily cite it

Here’s an Computers and Composition example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. 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. (2008, November 5). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

Citing websites and links in Computers and Composition is much easier with the Citationsy Chrome Extension →
Cite Computers and Composition with Citationsy. Get started for free

How to cite a YouTube video Computers and Composition in 2023

Are you watching a YouTube video and you don’t know how to cite it? Here’s a simple way to do it in Computers and Composition

Here’s a Computers and Composition citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Computers and Composition?

Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Computers and Composition 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 Computers and Composition

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 and Composition.

Lastname, F. (2000). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com

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

This American Life. (2018). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women

And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

Cite podcasts in Computers and Composition with Citationsy, a referencing app used by over 400 000 students.
Get started for free

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

Although citing a song might seem uncommon, there’s no need to worry. We’ve got you covered for both audio recordings and written song lyrics, here’s how to cite in Computers and Composition

An example song citation in Computers and Composition.

Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Song Title. In Album. http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. (1969, September 26). Here Comes the Sun. In Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)

You can automate citing and referencing any source in Computers and Composition using Citationsy.

Cite sources using the Computers and Composition Citation Machine

Cite Computers and Composition with Citationsy, a referencing app used by over 400 000 students. Get started for free

Computers and Composition Referencing Guide (updated Mar 2023)