Digital Investigation Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to Digital Investigation 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 Digital Investigation.
How to do citations in Digital Investigation style?

How do you cite a book in the Digital Investigation referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Digital Investigation using placeholders:Last Name, F.N., 2000. Title, Edition. ed. Publisher, City.
Digital Investigation citation:
Rowling, J.K., 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London.
How to reference a journal article in the Digital Investigation citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Digital Investigation format?
Here’s a Digital Investigation journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title. Container Volume, pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI
Petit, C., Sieffermann, J., 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? 18, 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
How to cite a website in a paper in Digital Investigation style?
Here’s an Digital Investigation example website reference:Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title [WWW Document]. URL https://www.example.com (accessed 4.23.2021).
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 [WWW Document]. URL https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 4.23.2021).
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How to cite a YouTube video Digital Investigation
Here’s a Digital Investigation citation YouTube video example:ChannelName, 2000. Title [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 4.23.2021).
Pixar, 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 4.23.2021).
How to cite a podcast using Digital Investigation 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 Digital Investigation.
Lastname, F., 2000. Title.
This American Life, 2018. 640: Five Women.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Digital Investigation referencing style?
An example song citation in Digital Investigation.Lastname, F., 2000. Song Title, Album.
The Beatles, 1969. Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road.
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