Gels Referencing Guide
(updated May 2022)
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How to do citations in Gels style?
This is the Citationsy guide to Gels citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to Gels 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 Gels.

How do you cite a book in the Gels referencing style? (2022 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 GelsHere’s an example book citation in Gels using placeholders:
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Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.
Gels citation:
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Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.
How to reference a journal article in the Gels citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Gels format?
Have you come across a research paper or journal article you would like to cite in your own research? Here’s how to do it in GelsHere’s a Gels journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. Title. Container 2000, Volume, pages Used.
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Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007, 18, 161-172.
How to cite a website in a paper in Gels style?
You probably find a lot of useful information on websites while browsing the web. Here’s a simple guide on how to cite any website in GelsHere’s an Gels example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on May25, 2022).
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 Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on May25, 2022).
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How to cite a YouTube video Gels in 2022
Citing a video from YouTube may appear more difficult than citing a book because YouTube has so much information. But the process is quite simple, here’s how to do it in GelsHere’s a Gels citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on May25, 2022).
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Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on May25, 2022).
How to cite a podcast using Gels referencing style
Did you know there are over 50 million podcast episodes out in the world for you to listen to? If you want to cite one in Gels, here’s howIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Gels.
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Lastname, F. Title 2000.
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This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Gels referencing style?
Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in Gels is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:An example song citation in Gels.
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Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.
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The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.
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