ORL Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)

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

When writing an academic paper, you will surely come across the challenge of citing a book properly. Here’s how to do it in ORL:

Here’s an example book citation in ORL using placeholders: So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
ORL citation: And an in-text citation book citation in ORL looks like this: [1]


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

How do you cite scientific papers in ORL format?

An ORL citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s how

Here’s a ORL journal citation example using placeholders: 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 ORL: