Heredity Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Heredity 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 Heredity.

How to do citations in Heredity style?

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

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

Last Name FN (2000). Title, Edition (EFN Editor Last Name, Ed.). 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:
Heredity citation:

Angelou M (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed.n. Random House: New York.

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

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Heredity format?

Here’s a Heredity journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000). Title. Container 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 Heredity:

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

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

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

Here’s an Heredity example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000). Title.

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.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Heredity

Here’s a Heredity citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000). Title. YouTube.

So how to cite a video Heredity?

Pixar (2015). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube.

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

How to cite a podcast using Heredity 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 Heredity.

Lastname F (2000). Title.

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

This American Life (2018). 640: Five Women.

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

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

An example song citation in Heredity.

Lastname F (2000). Song Title.

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

The Beatles (1969). Here Comes the Sun.

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

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