Current Psychology Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Current Psychology 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 Current Psychology.

How to do citations in Current Psychology style?

cite Current Psychology — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Current Psychology referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Current Psychology using placeholders:

Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title. (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.) (Edition.). City: Publisher.

So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
Current Psychology citation:

Rowling, J. K. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1st ed.). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.

And an in-text citation book citation in Current Psychology looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the Current Psychology citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Current Psychology format?

Here’s a Current Psychology 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 Current Psychology:

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 and Sieffermann 2007)

How to cite a website in a paper in Current Psychology style?

Here’s an Current Psychology example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. https://www.example.com. Accessed 3 April 2020

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. Accessed 3 April 2020

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Current Psychology

Here’s a Current Psychology citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 3 April 2020

So how to cite a video Current Psychology?

Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 3 April 2020

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

How to cite a podcast using Current Psychology 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 Current Psychology.

Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com. Accessed 3 April 2020

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

This American Life. (2018, March 2). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 3 April 2020

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

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

An example song citation in Current Psychology.

Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com. Accessed 3 April 2020

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

The Beatles. (1969). Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed 3 April 2020

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

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