Genome Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Genome 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 Genome.

How to do citations in Genome style?

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

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

Last Name, F.N. 2000. Title. In Edition. Edited byE.F.N. Editor Last Name. Publisher, City.

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

Angelou, M. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In 1st edition. Random House, New York.

And an in-text citation book citation in Genome looks like this: (Angelou 1969)

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Genome format?

Here’s a Genome journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. Container Volume(Issue): pages Used. Journal Name. doi: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 Genome:

Petit, C., and Sieffermann, J. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18(1): 161-172. Food Quality and Preference. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann 2007)

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

Here’s an Genome example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F. 2000, January 1. Title. Publisher. Available from https://www.example.com [accessed 8December2021].

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. The Guardian. Available from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 [accessed 8December2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Genome

Here’s a Genome citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 2000, January 1. Title. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX [accessed 8December2021].

So how to cite a video Genome?

Pixar. 2015, June 3. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ [accessed 8December2021].

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Genome 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 Genome.

Lastname, F. 2000, January 1. Title. Publisher. Available from http://www.example.com [accessed 8December2021].

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

This American Life. 2018, March 2. 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. Available from https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women [accessed 8December2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life 2018)

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

An example song citation in Genome.

Lastname, F. 2000. Song Title. In Album. Available from http://www.example.com [accessed 8December2021].

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

The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. In Abbey Road. Available from https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 [accessed 8December2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles 1969)

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