In Practice Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to In Practice 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 In Practice.

How to do citations in In Practice style?

How do you cite a book in the In Practice referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in In Practice using placeholders:

Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City : Publisher 2000.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
In Practice citation:

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

And an in-text citation book citation in In Practice looks like this: [1]

How to reference a journal article in the In Practice citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in In Practice format?

Here’s a In Practice journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000;Volume:pages Used. doi: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 In Practice:

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007;18:161-72. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a website in a paper in In Practice style?

Here’s an In Practice example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. 2000.https://www.example.com (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

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

Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. 2008.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video In Practice

Here’s a In Practice citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title. YouTube. 2000.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

So how to cite a video In Practice?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. 2015.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using In Practice 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 In Practice.

Lastname F. Title. 2000.http://www.example.com (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

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

This American Life. 640: Five Women. 2018.https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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

An example song citation in In Practice.

Lastname F. Song Title. 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed 1 Dec. 2021).

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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