Mind & Language Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Mind & Language style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Mind & Language 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 Mind & Language.

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How do you cite a book in the Mind & Language referencing style? (2024 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 Mind & Language

Here’s an example book citation in Mind & Language using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N. 2000: Title. Edition. Edited by E. F. N. Editor Last Name. 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:
Mind & Language citation:
Angelou, M. 1969: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House.
And an in-text citation book citation in Mind & Language looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Mind & Language citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Mind & Language format?

The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in Mind & Language, follow this example

Here’s a Mind & Language journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F. 2000: Title, Container,. Journal Name Volume(Issue): 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 Mind & Language: