PAIN Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to PAIN 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 PAIN.
How to do citations in PAIN style?
How do you cite a book in the PAIN referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in PAIN using placeholders:[1]
Last Name FN. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor City: Publisher, 2000.
PAIN citation:
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Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 1997.
How to reference a journal article in the PAIN citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in PAIN format?
Here’s a PAIN journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000;Volume:pages Used. doi:DOI.
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007;18:161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
How to cite a website in a paper in PAIN style?
Here’s an PAIN example website reference:[1]
Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. 2000. Available: https://www.example.com. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. 2008. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
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How to cite a YouTube video PAIN
Here’s a PAIN citation YouTube video example:[1]
ChannelName. Title. YouTube 2000. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube 2015. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
How to cite a podcast using PAIN 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 PAIN.
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Lastname F. Title. 2000. Available: http://www.example.com. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
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This American Life. 640: Five Women. 2018. Available: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using PAIN referencing style?
An example song citation in PAIN.[1]
Lastname F. Song Title. 2000 Available: http://www.example.com. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969 Available: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
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