Information Sciences Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Information Sciences 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 Information Sciences.

How to do citations in Information Sciences style?

cite Information Sciences — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Information Sciences referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Information Sciences using placeholders:

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F.N. Last Name, Title, Edition, Publisher, City, 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:
Information Sciences citation:

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

And an in-text citation book citation in Information Sciences looks like this: [1]

How to reference a journal article in the Information Sciences citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Information Sciences format?

Here’s a Information Sciences journal citation example using placeholders:

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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., Title, Container. Volume (2000) 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 Information Sciences:

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

Here’s an Information Sciences example website reference:

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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed December 6, 2021).

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

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M. Tran, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, (2008). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed December 6, 2021).

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Information Sciences

Here’s a Information Sciences citation YouTube video example:

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ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed December 6, 2021).

So how to cite a video Information Sciences?

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Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed December 6, 2021).

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

How to cite a podcast using Information Sciences 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 Information Sciences.

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F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed December 6, 2021).

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

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This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed December 6, 2021).

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

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

An example song citation in Information Sciences.

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F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed December 6, 2021).

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

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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed December 6, 2021).

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

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