Galaxies Referencing Guide
(updated Jan 2023)

Last updated: Tue, Jan 24 2023 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in Galaxies style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Galaxies 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 Galaxies.

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How do you cite a book in the Galaxies referencing style? (2023 Guide)

A book citation in Galaxies always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

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

Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.

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

Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.

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

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Galaxies format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the Galaxies citation format.

Here’s a Galaxies journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. Title. Container 2000, Volume, pages Used.

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 Galaxies:

Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007, 18, 161-172.

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

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

The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), webpage title, website title, institution/publisher, publication date, and DOI or URL. Here’s how to cite it properly in Galaxies

Here’s an Galaxies example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on Jan.26, 2023).

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 Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on Jan.26, 2023).

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Galaxies in 2023

To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to Galaxies, all you need it the following

Here’s a Galaxies citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on Jan.26, 2023).

So how to cite a video Galaxies?

Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on Jan.26, 2023).

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

How to cite a podcast using Galaxies referencing style

Citing a podcast in Galaxies is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do it

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 Galaxies.

Lastname, F. Title 2000.

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

This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.

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

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Galaxies 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 Galaxies

An example song citation in Galaxies.

Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.

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

The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.

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

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Galaxies Referencing Guide (updated Jan 2023)

This is the Citationsy guide to Galaxies 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 Galaxies.