ERA Forum Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to ERA Forum 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 ERA Forum.

How to do citations in ERA Forum style?

How do you cite a book in the ERA Forum referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in ERA Forum using placeholders:

Last Name, F.N.: Title. Publisher, City (2000)

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

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

And an in-text citation book citation in ERA Forum looks like this: [1]

How to reference a journal article in the ERA Forum citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in ERA Forum format?

Here’s a ERA Forum journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F.: Title. Container. Volume, pages Used (2000). 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 ERA Forum:

Petit, C., Sieffermann, J.: Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18, 161-172 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a website in a paper in ERA Forum style?

Here’s an ERA Forum example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F.: Title, https://www.example.com

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran, M.: Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video ERA Forum

Here’s a ERA Forum citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName: Title, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video ERA Forum?

Pixar: Pizza Clip — Inside Out, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using ERA Forum 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 ERA Forum.

Lastname, F.: Title, http://www.example.com, (2000)

Podcast referencing example in ERA Forum using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life: 640: Five Women, https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women, (2018)

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a piece of music or a song using ERA Forum referencing style?

An example song citation in ERA Forum.

Lastname, F.: Song Title. (2000)

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

The Beatles: Here Comes the Sun. (1969)

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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