Data Referencing Guide
(updated Nov 2023)
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How to do citations in Data style?
This is the Citationsy guide to Data citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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This is the Citationsy guide to Data 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 Data.
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How do you cite a book in the Data referencing style? (2023 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in DataHere’s an example book citation in Data using placeholders:
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Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.
Data citation:
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Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.
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How to reference a journal article in the Data citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Data format?
To write a research paper, you need to incorporate sources. This means that you have to know how to format the sources in your academic paper. To cite someone else’s paper in Data in your research, follow these simple steps.Here’s a Data journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. Title. Container 2000, Volume, pages Used.
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Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007, 18, 161-172.
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How to cite a website in a paper in Data style?
If you’re writing a research paper, you’ll likely do a fair amount of research online. If you have websites that you want to use as sources for your paper in Data, follow this simple guideHere’s an Data example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on Nov.28, 2023).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran, M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on Nov.28, 2023).
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How to cite a YouTube video Data in 2023
To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to Data, all you need it the followingHere’s a Data citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on Nov.28, 2023).
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Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on Nov.28, 2023).
How to cite a podcast using Data referencing style
Podcasts can be perfect sources of information for your research paper. They cover a wide range of topics you may want to address in your paper. Here’s how to cite them in DataIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Data.
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Lastname, F. Title 2000.
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This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Data referencing style?
You might be listening to a song or lyrics from a song you want to cite in an essay or presentation. This is how to easily cite a song in DataAn example song citation in Data.
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Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.
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The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.
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