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

How do you cite a book in the Early Years referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Early Years using placeholders:Last Name, First Name. 2000. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher.
Early Years citation:
Rowling, Joanne K. 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
How to reference a journal article in the Early Years citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Early Years format?
Here’s a Early Years journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Container Volume (Issue). Journal Name: pages Used. doi:DOI.
Petit, C., and J.M. Sieffermann. 2007. “Testing Consumer Preferences for Iced-Coffee: Does the Drinking Environment Have Any Influence?” 18 (1). Food Quality and Preference: 161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
How to cite a website in a paper in Early Years style?
Here’s an Early Years example website reference:Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author2 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Publisher. https://www.example.com.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, Mark. 2008. “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.
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How to cite a YouTube video Early Years
Here’s a Early Years citation YouTube video example:ChannelName. 2000. “Title”. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.
Pixar. 2015. “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ.
How to cite a podcast using Early Years 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 Early Years.
Lastname, Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Publisher. http://www.example.com.
This American Life. 2018. “640: Five Women”. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Early Years referencing style?
An example song citation in Early Years.Lastname, Firstname. 2000. Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com.
The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150.
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