Instruments Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Instruments 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 Instruments.

How to do citations in Instruments style?

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

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

Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.

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

Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.

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

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Instruments format?

Here’s a Instruments journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. Title. Container 2000, Volume, pages Used.

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 Instruments:

Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007, 18, 161-172.

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

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

Here’s an Instruments example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on Dec.3, 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 Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on Dec.3, 2021).

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Instruments

Here’s a Instruments citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on Dec.3, 2021).

So how to cite a video Instruments?

Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on Dec.3, 2021).

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

How to cite a podcast using Instruments 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 Instruments.

Lastname, F. Title 2000.

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

This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.

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

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

An example song citation in Instruments.

Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.

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

The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.

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

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