Northeastern Naturalist Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Northeastern Naturalist 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 Northeastern Naturalist.

How to do citations in Northeastern Naturalist style?

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How do you cite a book in the Northeastern Naturalist referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Northeastern Naturalist using placeholders:

Last Name, F.N. 2000. Title. E.F.N. Editor Last Name (Ed.). Edition. 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:
Northeastern Naturalist citation:

Rowling, J.K. 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. First edition. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London.

And an in-text citation book citation in Northeastern Naturalist looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

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

Here’s a Northeastern Naturalist journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. Container Volume:pages Used. Journal Name. Available online at URL. Accessed April19,2021.

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 Northeastern Naturalist:

Petit, C., and J. Sieffermann. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18:161-172. Food Quality and Preference. Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008. Accessed April19,2021.

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

How to cite a website in a paper in Northeastern Naturalist style?

Here’s an Northeastern Naturalist example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. Publisher. Available online at https://www.example.com. Accessed April19,2021.

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. The Guardian. Available online at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed April19,2021.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Northeastern Naturalist

Here’s a Northeastern Naturalist citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 2000. Title. YouTube. Available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed April19,2021.

So how to cite a video Northeastern Naturalist?

Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed April19,2021.

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

How to cite a podcast using Northeastern Naturalist 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 Northeastern Naturalist.

Lastname, F. 2000. Title. Publisher. Available online at http://www.example.com. Accessed April19,2021.

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

This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. Available online at https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed April19,2021.

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

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

An example song citation in Northeastern Naturalist.

Lastname, F. 2000. Song Title. Album. Available online at http://www.example.com. Accessed April19,2021.

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

The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. Available online at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed April19,2021.

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

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