Higher Education Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Higher Education 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 Higher Education.

How to do citations in Higher Education style?

cite Higher Education — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Higher Education referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Higher Education using placeholders:

Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title. (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.) (Edition.). 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:
Higher Education citation:

Rowling, J. K. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1st ed.). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.

And an in-text citation book citation in Higher Education looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

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

Here’s a Higher Education journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used. https://doi.org/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 Higher Education:

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

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

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How to cite a website in a paper in Higher Education style?

Here’s an Higher Education example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. https://www.example.com. Accessed 27 July 2021

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. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 27 July 2021

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Higher Education

Here’s a Higher Education citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 27 July 2021

So how to cite a video Higher Education?

Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 27 July 2021

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

How to cite a podcast using Higher Education 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 Higher Education.

Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com. Accessed 27 July 2021

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

This American Life. (2018, March 2). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 27 July 2021

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

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

An example song citation in Higher Education.

Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com. Accessed 27 July 2021

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

The Beatles. (1969). Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed 27 July 2021

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

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