Navigation Referencing Guide
(updated May 2023)

Last updated: Fri, May 26 2023 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in Navigation style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Navigation 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 Navigation.

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

A book citation in Navigation always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

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

F. N. Last Name, 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:
Navigation citation:

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

And an in-text citation book citation in Navigation looks like this: [1]

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Navigation format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the Navigation citation format.

Here’s a Navigation journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F., “Title”, Container, vol. Volume, no. Issue, p. pages Used, Jan. 2000.

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 Navigation:

C. Petit and J. Sieffermann, “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?”, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 161-172, Jan. 2007.

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

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

When listing Internet sources in your References or Works Cited, the most important thing to remember is that your goal is to make it easy for a reader to check and consult your sources. Here’s how to cite a website in Navigation

Here’s an Navigation example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author2 LastnameA. F., “Title”, 01-Jan.-2000. [Online]. Available: https://www.example.com. [Accessed: 28-May-2023].

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

M. Tran, “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”, 05-Nov.-2008. [Online]. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. [Accessed: 28-May-2023].

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Navigation in 2023

To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to Navigation, all you need it the following

Here’s a Navigation citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName, “Title”, YouTube, 01-Jan.-2000. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. [Accessed: 28-May-2023].

So how to cite a video Navigation?

Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube, 03-Jun.-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. [Accessed: 28-May-2023].

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

How to cite a podcast using Navigation referencing style

Podcasts can be perfect sources of information for your research paper. They cover a wide range of topics you may want to address in your paper. Here’s how to cite them in Navigation

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 Navigation.

F. Lastname, “Title”. Publisher, 01-Jan.-2000.

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

This American Life, “640: Five Women”. WBEZ Radio, 02-Mar.-2018.

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 Navigation referencing style?

Have you found a song you would like to cite and include in your essay? Here’s how to cite a song in Navigation

An example song citation in Navigation.

F. Lastname, Song Title. 2000.

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

The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun. 1969.

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

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Navigation Referencing Guide (updated May 2023)