Islets Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2023)

Last updated: Wed, Mar 29 2023 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in Islets style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Islets 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 Islets.

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How do you cite a book in the Islets referencing style? (2023 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Islets

Here’s an example book citation in Islets 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:
Islets 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 Islets looks like this: ¹

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Islets format?

To write a research paper, you need to incorporate sources. This means that you have to know how to format the sources in your academic paper. To cite someone else’s paper in Islets in your research, follow these simple steps.

Here’s a Islets journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet] 2000 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; Volume:pages Used. Available from: URL

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 Islets:

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet] 2007 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; 18:161-72. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

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

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

Although not all open web content is appropriate as scholarly evidence, you might find yourself wanting to reference a web page in Islets. Here’s a quick and simple guide on how to do it

Here’s an Islets example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; Available from: https://www.example.com

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 [Internet]. 2008 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Islets in 2023

Have you discovered something while watching a Youtube channel or video and would like to know how to reference it in Islets? Here’s how

Here’s a Islets citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube2000 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Islets?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube2015 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

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

How to cite a podcast using Islets referencing style

As the world goes digital, so does the way we learn. Podcasts have become an increasingly common source of knowledge. Here’s how to cite a podcast episode in Islets

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 Islets.

Lastname F. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; Available from: http://www.example.com

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

This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]; Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women

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

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

Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in Islets is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:

An example song citation in Islets.

Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]. Available from: http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. 1969 [cited 2023 Mar. 31]. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

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

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Islets Referencing Guide (updated Mar 2023)

This is the Citationsy guide to Islets 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 Islets.