EXPLORE Referencing Guide
(updated Oct 2023)
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How to do citations in EXPLORE style?
This is the Citationsy guide to EXPLORE citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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This is the Citationsy guide to EXPLORE citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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How do you cite a book in the EXPLORE referencing style? (2023 Guide)
Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in EXPLOREHere’s an example book citation in EXPLORE using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. (Editor Last Name EFN, ed.). City: Publisher; 2000.
EXPLORE citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.
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How to reference a journal article in the EXPLORE citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in EXPLORE format?
An EXPLORE citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s howHere’s a EXPLORE journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume(Issue):pages Used. doi:DOI
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007;18(1):161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
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How to cite a website in a paper in EXPLORE style?
Citing your sources is a necessary part of any research paper. To cite a website in EXPLORE this is what you needHere’s an EXPLORE example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. https://www.example.com. Published January 1, 2000. Accessed October 3, 2023.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Published November 5, 2008. Accessed October 3, 2023.
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How to cite a YouTube video EXPLORE in 2023
Have you discovered something while watching a Youtube channel or video and would like to know how to reference it in EXPLORE? Here’s howHere’s a EXPLORE citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName. Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Published January 1, 2000. Accessed October 3, 2023.
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Published June 3, 2015. Accessed October 3, 2023.
How to cite a podcast using EXPLORE referencing style
Podcasts can be perfect sources of information for your research paper. They cover a wide range of topics you may want to address in your paper. Here’s how to cite them in EXPLOREIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in EXPLORE.
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Lastname F. Title. January 2000. http://www.example.com. Accessed October 3, 2023.
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This American Life. 640: Five Women. March 2018. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed October 3, 2023.
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using EXPLORE referencing style?
Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in EXPLOREAn example song citation in EXPLORE.
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Lastname F. Song Title.; 2000. http://www.example.com. Accessed October 3, 2023.
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun.; 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed October 3, 2023.
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