Futures Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to Futures 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 Futures.
How do you cite a book in the Futures referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Futures using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title. (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.) (Edition). City: Publisher.
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:
Rowling, J. K. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1st ed.). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
And an in-text citation book citation in Futures looks like this:
(Rowling, 1997)
How to reference a journal article in the Futures citation style?
Here’s a Futures journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), 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 Futures:
Petit, C., & Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18(1), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(Petit & Sieffermann, 2007)
Citing a website in Futures reference style
Here’s an Futures example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Retrieved July 18, 2019, 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. (2008, November 5). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. Retrieved July 18, 2019, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(Tran, 2008)
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How to cite a YouTube video Futures
Here’s a Futures citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. Retrieved July 18, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX
So how to cite a video Futures?
Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. Retrieved July 18, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ
And an in-text video citation would look like this:
(Pixar, 2015)
How to cite a podcast using Futures 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 Futures.
Lastname, F. (2000). Title. Publisher. Retrieved from http://www.example.com
Podcast referencing example in Futures using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life. (2018). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. Retrieved from https://thisamericanlife.org/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 Futures referencing style?
An example song citation in Futures.
Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title. Album. Retrieved from http://www.example.com
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Futures:
The Beatles. (1969). Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. Retrieved from https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(The Beatles, 1969)
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