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Oryx Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Oryx 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 Oryx.

How to do citations in Oryx style?

How do you cite a book in the Oryx referencing style?

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

Last Name, F.N. (2000) Title. In 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:
Oryx citation:

Rowling, J.K. (1997) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. In , 1st edition. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London.

And an in-text citation book citation in Oryx looks like this: (Rowling, 1997)

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

Here’s a Oryx journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F. & Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000) Title. Container, Volume, pages Used. Journal Name.

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 Oryx:

Petit, C. & Sieffermann, J. (2007) Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18, 161-172. Food Quality and Preference.

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

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

Here’s an Oryx example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F. & Author2 LastnameA.F. (2000) Title. Publisher. Https://www.example.com [accessed 2 August 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. Https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 [accessed 2 August 2021].

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Oryx

Here’s a Oryx citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000) Title. YouTube. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX [accessed 2 August 2021].

So how to cite a video Oryx?

Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ [accessed 2 August 2021].

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

How to cite a podcast using Oryx 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 Oryx.

Lastname, F. (2000) Title. Publisher. Http://www.example.com [accessed 2 August 2021].

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

This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. Https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women [accessed 2 August 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 Oryx referencing style?

An example song citation in Oryx.

Lastname, F. (2000) Song Title.

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

The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun.

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

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Oryx Referencing Guide

This is the Citationsy guide to Oryx 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 Oryx.