EPL Referencing Guide
(updated Aug 2022)
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How to do citations in EPL style?
This is the Citationsy guide to EPL citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to EPL 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 EPL.

How do you cite a book in the EPL referencing style? (2022 Guide)
Did you know there are over 2.5 million book titles published in 2021. If you find yourself trying to cite a book in EPL, here’s howHere’s an example book citation in EPL using placeholders:
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Last Name F N 2000 Title E F N Editor Last Nameed (City: Publisher)
EPL citation:
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Angelou M 1969 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (New York: Random House)
How to reference a journal article in the EPL citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in EPL format?
Citing a research paper or journal article in EPL is pretty straightforward. Here’s howHere’s a EPL journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA F and Author3 LastnameA F 2000 Title Container Volume pages Used
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Petit C and Sieffermann J 2007 Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? 18 161-72
How to cite a website in a paper in EPL style?
Although not all open web content is appropriate as scholarly evidence, you might find yourself wanting to reference a web page in EPL. Here’s a quick and simple guide on how to do itHere’s an EPL example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA F and Author2 LastnameA F 2000 Title
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M 2008 Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President
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How to cite a YouTube video EPL in 2022
If you’ve previously cited a video from a website in EPL, then the process for citing a video from YouTube is basically the same. Here’s how to do itHere’s a EPL citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName 2000 Title YouTube
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Pixar 2015 Pizza Clip — Inside Out YouTube
How to cite a podcast using EPL referencing style
A more entertaining way to learn is to simply listen to a podcast. This is something relatively new that many people still don’t know how to cite and reference. Here’s how to do it in EPLIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in EPL.
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Lastname F 2000 Title
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This American Life 2018 640: Five Women
How to cite a piece of music or a song using EPL referencing style?
Have you found a song you would like to cite and include in your essay? Here’s how to cite a song in EPLAn example song citation in EPL.
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Lastname F 2000 Song Title
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The Beatles 1969 Here Comes the Sun
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