Limnetica Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Limnetica 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 Limnetica.

How to do citations in Limnetica style?

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

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

LAST NAME, F.N. 2000. Title. E. F. N. Editor Last Name (ed.). Publisher. City.

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:
Limnetica citation:

ROWLING, J.K. 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. London.

And an in-text citation book citation in Limnetica looks like this: (Rowling, 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the Limnetica citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Limnetica format?

Here’s a Limnetica journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F. & Author3 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. Container Volume (Issue): 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 Limnetica:

PETIT, C. & J. SIEFFERMANN 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18 (1): 161-172.

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

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

Here’s an Limnetica example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F. & Author2 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. Available from: https://www.example.com (August 3, 2020).

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. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (August 3, 2020).

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Limnetica

Here’s a Limnetica citation YouTube video example:

CHANNELNAME 2000. Title. YouTube. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (August 3, 2020).

So how to cite a video Limnetica?

PIXAR 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (August 3, 2020).

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

How to cite a podcast using Limnetica 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 Limnetica.

LASTNAME, F. 2000. Title.

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

THIS AMERICAN LIFE 2018. 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 Limnetica referencing style?

An example song citation in Limnetica.

LASTNAME, F. 2000. Album Song Title.

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

THE BEATLES 1969. Abbey Road Here Comes the Sun.

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

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