Decision Sciences Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Decision Sciences 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 Decision Sciences.

How to do citations in Decision Sciences style?

cite Decision Sciences — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Decision Sciences referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Decision Sciences 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:
Decision Sciences 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 Decision Sciences looks like this: (Rowling, 1997)

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

Here’s a Decision Sciences journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), 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 Decision Sciences:

Petit, C., & Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18(1), 161-172.

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

How to cite a website in a paper in Decision Sciences style?

Here’s an Decision Sciences example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title,. Publisher accessed August 4, 2020, available at 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). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President,. The Guardian accessed August 4, 2020, available at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Decision Sciences

Here’s a Decision Sciences citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000). Title, accessed August 4, 2020, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.

So how to cite a video Decision Sciences?

Pixar (2015). Pizza Clip — Inside Out, accessed August 4, 2020, available at 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 Decision Sciences 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 Decision Sciences.

Lastname, F. (2000). Title. Publisher.

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

This American Life. (2018). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio.

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

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

An example song citation in Decision Sciences.

Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title. Album.

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

The Beatles. (1969). Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road.

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

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