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

How do you cite a book in the Displays referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Displays using placeholders:[1]
F.N. Last Name, Title, Edition, Publisher, City, 2000.
Displays citation:
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J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st ed., Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London, 1997.
How to reference a journal article in the Displays citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Displays format?
Here’s a Displays journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., Title, Container. Volume (2000) pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.
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C. Petit, J. Sieffermann, Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18 (2007) 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
How to cite a website in a paper in Displays style?
Here’s an Displays example website reference:[1]
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed April 17, 2021).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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M. Tran, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, (2008). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed April 17, 2021).
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How to cite a YouTube video Displays
Here’s a Displays citation YouTube video example:[1]
ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed April 17, 2021).
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Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed April 17, 2021).
How to cite a podcast using Displays 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 Displays.
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F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed April 17, 2021).
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This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed April 17, 2021).
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Displays referencing style?
An example song citation in Displays.[1]
F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed April 17, 2021).
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed April 17, 2021).
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