De Economist Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to De Economist 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 De Economist.

How to do citations in De Economist style?

How do you cite a book in the De Economist referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in De Economist 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:
De Economist 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 De Economist looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

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

Here’s a De Economist 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 De Economist:

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 De Economist style?

Here’s an De Economist example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. https://www.example.com. Accessed 12 April 2021

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 12 April 2021

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

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How to cite a YouTube video De Economist

Here’s a De Economist citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 12 April 2021

So how to cite a video De Economist?

Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 12 April 2021

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

How to cite a podcast using De Economist 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 De Economist.

Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com. Accessed 12 April 2021

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

This American Life. (2018, March 2). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 12 April 2021

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

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

An example song citation in De Economist.

Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com. Accessed 12 April 2021

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

The Beatles. (1969). Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed 12 April 2021

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

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