IRBM Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to IRBM 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 IRBM.
How do you cite a book in the IRBM referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in IRBM using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
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Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc; 1997.
And an in-text citation book citation in IRBM looks like this:
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How to reference a journal article in the IRBM citation style?
Here’s a IRBM journal citation example using placeholders:
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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 IRBM:
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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:
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Citing a website in IRBM reference style
Here’s an IRBM example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title 2000. https://www.example.com (accessed July 19, 2019).
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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Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed July 19, 2019).
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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How to cite a YouTube video IRBM
Here’s a IRBM citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName. Title. YouTube 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed July 19, 2019).
So how to cite a video IRBM?
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed July 19, 2019).
And an in-text video citation would look like this:
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How to cite a podcast using IRBM 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 IRBM.
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Lastname F. Title 2000.
Podcast referencing example in IRBM using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life. 640: Five Women 2018.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using IRBM referencing style?
An example song citation in IRBM.
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Lastname F. Song Title. 2000.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in IRBM:
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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