HPB Referencing Guide
(updated May 2022)
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How to do citations in HPB style?
This is the Citationsy guide to HPB citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to HPB 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 HPB.

How do you cite a book in the HPB referencing style? (2022 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in HPBHere’s an example book citation in HPB using placeholders:
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Last Name FN (2000). Title. Edition, Editor Last Name EFN, editor, Publisher, City.
HPB citation:
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Angelou M (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st edn., Random House, New York.
How to reference a journal article in the HPB citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in HPB format?
An HPB citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s howHere’s a HPB journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000). Title. Container Volume: pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.
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Petit C, Sieffermann J (2007). Testing Consumer Preferences for Iced-Coffee: Does the Drinking Environment Have Any Influence?. 18: 161-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
How to cite a website in a paper in HPB style?
I found a useful website and want to cite information from it in my paper. How do I reference in HPB? Here’s a simple guide on how to do itHere’s an HPB example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000). Title. Available at: https://www.example.com [Accessed May 17, 2022].
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M (2008). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 [Accessed May 17, 2022].
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How to cite a YouTube video HPB in 2022
Citing a video from YouTube may appear more difficult than citing a book because YouTube has so much information. But the process is quite simple, here’s how to do it in HPBHere’s a HPB citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName (2000). Title. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX [Accessed May 17, 2022].
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Pixar (2015). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ [Accessed May 17, 2022].
How to cite a podcast using HPB referencing style
Citing a podcast in HPB is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do itIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in HPB.
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Lastname F (2000). Title.
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This American Life (2018). 640: Five Women.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using HPB referencing style?
Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in HPBAn example song citation in HPB.
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Lastname F (2000). Song Title.
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The Beatles (1969). Here Comes the Sun.
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