Empirical Software Engineering Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Empirical Software Engineering 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 Empirical Software Engineering.

How to do citations in Empirical Software Engineering style?

cite Empirical Software Engineering — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Empirical Software Engineering referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Empirical Software Engineering using placeholders:

Last Name FN (2000) Title, Edition. Publisher, City

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Empirical Software Engineering citation:

Angelou M (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st edn.. Random House, New York

And an in-text citation book citation in Empirical Software Engineering looks like this: (Angelou 1969)

How to reference a journal article in the Empirical Software Engineering citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Empirical Software Engineering format?

Here’s a Empirical Software Engineering journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container Volume:pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI

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 Empirical Software Engineering:

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

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

How to cite a website in a paper in Empirical Software Engineering style?

Here’s an Empirical Software Engineering example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 5 Dec. 2021

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. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 5 Dec. 2021

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Empirical Software Engineering

Here’s a Empirical Software Engineering citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 5 Dec. 2021

So how to cite a video Empirical Software Engineering?

Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 5 Dec. 2021

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Empirical Software Engineering 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 Empirical Software Engineering.

Lastname F (2000) Title

Podcast referencing example in Empirical Software Engineering using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women

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

How to cite a piece of music or a song using Empirical Software Engineering referencing style?

An example song citation in Empirical Software Engineering.

Lastname F (2000) Song Title

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

The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun

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

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