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

How do you cite a book in the Diplo referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Diplo using placeholders:Last Name FN (2000) Title, Edition.Editor Last Name EFN [ed]. City: Publisher.
Diplo citation:
Rowling JK (1997) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
How to reference a journal article in the Diplo citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Diplo format?
Here’s a Diplo journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAF and Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container, 1 January Volume(Issue). Available at URL [accessed 17 April 2021].
Petit C and Sieffermann J (2007) Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. , 1 January 18(1). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008 [accessed 17 April 2021].
How to cite a website in a paper in Diplo style?
Here’s an Diplo example website reference:Author1 LastnameAF and Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. 1 January. Available at https://www.example.com [accessed 17 April 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. 5 November. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 [accessed 17 April 2021].
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How to cite a YouTube video Diplo
Here’s a Diplo citation YouTube video example:ChannelName (2000) Title. YouTube, 1 January. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX [accessed 17 April 2021].
Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube, 3 June. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ [accessed 17 April 2021].
How to cite a podcast using Diplo 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 Diplo.
Lastname F (2000) Title. Available at http://www.example.com [accessed 17 April 2021].
This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women. Available at https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women [accessed 17 April 2021].
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Diplo referencing style?
An example song citation in Diplo.Lastname F (2000) Song Title [audio recording]. Available at http://www.example.com [accessed 17 April 2021].
The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun [audio recording]. Available at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 [accessed 17 April 2021].
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