Geology Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Geology 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 Geology.

How to do citations in Geology style?

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

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

Last Name, F.N., 2000, Title (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.): 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:
Geology citation:

Rowling, J.K., 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: London, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.

And an in-text citation book citation in Geology looks like this: (Rowling, 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the Geology citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Geology format?

Here’s a Geology journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F., 2000, Title: Container, v. Volume, p. pages Used, 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 Geology:

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

Here’s an Geology example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F., 2000, Title:, https://www.example.com (accessed April 2020).

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran, M., 2008, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President:, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed April 2020).

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Geology

Here’s a Geology citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName, 2000, Title: YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed April 2020).

So how to cite a video Geology?

Pixar, 2015, Pizza Clip — Inside Out: YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed April 2020).

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

How to cite a podcast using Geology 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 Geology.

Lastname, F., 2000, Title:, http://www.example.com (accessed April 2020).

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

This American Life, 2018, 640: Five Women:, https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed April 2020).

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

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

An example song citation in Geology.

Lastname, F., 2000, Song Title:, http://www.example.com (accessed April 2020).

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

The Beatles, 1969, Here Comes the Sun:, https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed April 2020).

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

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Geology Referencing Guide

This is the Citationsy guide to Geology 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 Geology.