Fly Referencing Guide

This is the Citationsy guide to Fly 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 Fly.

How to do citations in Fly style?

How do you cite a book in the Fly referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Fly using placeholders:

Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 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:
Fly citation:

Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.

And an in-text citation book citation in Fly looks like this: ¹

How to reference a journal article in the Fly citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Fly format?

Here’s a Fly journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet] 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; Volume:pages Used. Available from: URL

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 Fly:

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet] 2007 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; 18:161-72. Available from: http://dx.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 Fly style?

Here’s an Fly example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; Available from: 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 [Internet]. 2008 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; Available from: 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 Fly

Here’s a Fly citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Fly?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube2015 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

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

How to cite a podcast using Fly 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 Fly.

Lastname F. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; Available from: http://www.example.com

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

This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]; Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women

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

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

An example song citation in Fly.

Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]. Available from: http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. 1969 [cited 2021 Dec. 5]. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

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

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Fly Referencing Guide

This is the Citationsy guide to Fly 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 Fly.

How do you cite a book in the Fly referencing style?

How to reference a journal article in the Fly citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Fly format?

How to cite a website in a paper in Fly style?

How to cite a YouTube video Fly

How to cite a podcast using Fly referencing style

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

This is the Citationsy guide to Fly 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 Fly.