Journal of Natural History Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Journal of Natural History 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 Journal of Natural History.

How to do citations in Journal of Natural History style?

cite Journal of Natural History — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Journal of Natural History referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Journal of Natural History using placeholders:

Last Name FN. 2000. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor. City: Publisher.

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:
Journal of Natural History citation:

Rowling JK. 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.

And an in-text citation book citation in Journal of Natural History looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the Journal of Natural History citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Journal of Natural History format?

Here’s a Journal of Natural History journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. 2000. Title. Container [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]; 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 Journal of Natural History:

Petit C, Sieffermann J. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? [Internet]. [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]; 18:161-172. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann 2007)

How to cite a website in a paper in Journal of Natural History style?

Here’s an Journal of Natural History example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. 2000. Title [Internet]. [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. 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. 2008. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President [Internet]. [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Journal of Natural History

Here’s a Journal of Natural History citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 2000. Title. YouTube [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Journal of Natural History?

Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Journal of Natural History 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 Journal of Natural History.

Lastname F. 2000. Title [Internet]. [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. Available from: http://www.example.com

Podcast referencing example in Journal of Natural History using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women [Internet]. [Internet]. [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women

And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life 2018)

How to cite a piece of music or a song using Journal of Natural History referencing style?

An example song citation in Journal of Natural History.

Lastname F. 2000. Song Title. [place unknown]; [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. Available from: http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. [place unknown]; [cited 2020 Sep. 22]. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles 1969)

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