Icarus Referencing Guide

Citationsy › Style Guides › Icarus

This is the Citationsy guide to Icarus 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 Icarus.

How to do citations in Icarus style?

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

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

Last Name, F.N., 2000. Title, Edition. 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:
Icarus citation:

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

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

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Icarus format?

Here’s a Icarus journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title. Container Volume, 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 Icarus:

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

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

Here’s an Icarus example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title [WWW Document]. URL https://www.example.com (accessed 12.2.2021).

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

Tran, M., 2008. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President [WWW Document]. URL https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 12.2.2021).

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

Citing websites and links in Icarus is much easier with the Citationsy Chrome Extension →

How to cite a YouTube video Icarus

Here’s a Icarus citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName, 2000. Title [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 12.2.2021).

So how to cite a video Icarus?

Pixar, 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 12.2.2021).

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

How to cite a podcast using Icarus 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 Icarus.

Lastname, F., 2000. Title.

Podcast referencing example in Icarus 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 Icarus referencing style?

An example song citation in Icarus.

Lastname, F., 2000. Song Title, Album.

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

The Beatles, 1969. Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road.

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

You can automate citing and referencing any source in Icarus using Citationsy.

Cite sources using the Icarus Citation Machine

Citationsy is a reference management used by more than 200 000 students, academics, and researchers around the world.
It has a free trial and has iPhone and Android apps available. Sign up now →