GLIA Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to GLIA 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 GLIA.
How to do citations in GLIA style?

How do you cite a book in the GLIA referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in GLIA using placeholders:Last Name FN. 2000. Title. Edition. (Editor Last Name EFN, editor.). City: Publisher.
GLIA citation:
Rowling JK. 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
How to reference a journal article in the GLIA citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in GLIA format?
Here’s a GLIA journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. 2000. Title. Container [Internet] Volume:pages Used. Available from: URL
Petit C, Sieffermann J. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet] 18:161-172. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
How to cite a website in a paper in GLIA style?
Here’s an GLIA example website reference:Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. 2000. Title. [Internet]. Available from: https://www.example.com
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. [Internet]. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
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How to cite a YouTube video GLIA
Here’s a GLIA citation YouTube video example:ChannelName. 2000. Title. YouTube [Internet]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX
Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube [Internet]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ
How to cite a podcast using GLIA 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 GLIA.
Lastname F. 2000. Title. [Internet]. Available from: http://www.example.com
This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women. [Internet]. Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women
How to cite a piece of music or a song using GLIA referencing style?
An example song citation in GLIA.Lastname F. 2000. Song Title. Available from: http://www.example.com
The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150
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