Evolving Systems Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Evolving Systems 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 Evolving Systems.

How to do citations in Evolving Systems style?

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How do you cite a book in the Evolving Systems referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Evolving Systems using placeholders:

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

So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
Evolving Systems citation:

Rowling JK (1997) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st edn.. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London

And an in-text citation book citation in Evolving Systems looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the Evolving Systems citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Evolving Systems format?

Here’s a Evolving Systems 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 Evolving Systems:

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)

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How to cite a website in a paper in Evolving Systems style?

Here’s an Evolving Systems example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 4 Aug. 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 4 Aug. 2021

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Evolving Systems

Here’s a Evolving Systems citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021

So how to cite a video Evolving Systems?

Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021

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

How to cite a podcast using Evolving Systems 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 Evolving Systems.

Lastname F (2000) Title

Podcast referencing example in Evolving Systems 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 Evolving Systems referencing style?

An example song citation in Evolving Systems.

Lastname F (2000) Song Title

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

The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun

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

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