Lexicography Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)

Last updated: Tue, Apr 23 2024 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in Lexicography style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Lexicography 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 Lexicography.

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How do you cite a book in the Lexicography referencing style? (2024 Guide)

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in Lexicography

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

Last Name, First Name. 2000. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher.

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

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

And an in-text citation book citation in Lexicography looks like this: (Angelou 1969)

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Lexicography format?

To cite a research paper or journal article following the Lexicography formatting guide, follow these easy steps

Here’s a Lexicography journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. Title. Container Volume. Journal Name: 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 Lexicography:

Petit, C., and J.M. Sieffermann. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? 18. Food Quality and Preference: 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.

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

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

Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in Lexicography? Here’s how to easily cite it

Here’s an Lexicography example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author2 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. Title. Publisher. January1.

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

Tran, Mark. 2008. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. The Guardian. November5.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Lexicography in 2024

Citing a video from YouTube may appear more difficult than citing a book because YouTube has so much information. But the process is quite simple, here’s how to do it in Lexicography

Here’s a Lexicography citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 2000. Title. YouTube. January1.

So how to cite a video Lexicography?

Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. June3.

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

How to cite a podcast using Lexicography referencing style

Are you listening to a podcast and you want to use it in your essay or presentation? Here’s how to cite it in Lexicography

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 Lexicography.

Lastname, Firstname. 2000. Title. Publisher.

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

This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio.

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

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

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

An example song citation in Lexicography.

Lastname, Firstname. 2000. Song Title. Album.

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

The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road.

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

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Lexicography Referencing Guide (updated Apr 2024)