New Writing Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in New Writing style?

This is the Citationsy guide to New Writing 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 New Writing.

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cite New Writing  — Referencing Guide



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

A book citation in New Writing 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 New Writing 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:
New Writing 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 New Writing looks like this: (Angelou 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the New Writing citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in New Writing format?

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

Here’s a New Writing journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Container Volume (Issue). Journal Name: 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 New Writing: