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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:

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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor City: Publisher, 2000.

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:
PAIN citation:

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Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 1997.

And an in-text citation book citation in PAIN looks like this: [1]

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.

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 PAIN:

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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.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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

Here’s an PAIN example website reference:

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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. 2000. Available: https://www.example.com. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

To reference the article located at this link:
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 1 Aug. 2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video PAIN

Here’s a PAIN citation YouTube video example:

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ChannelName. Title. YouTube 2000. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

So how to cite a video PAIN?

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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube 2015. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

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 1 Aug. 2021.

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

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This American Life. 640: Five Women. 2018. Available: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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

An example song citation in PAIN.

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Lastname F. Song Title. 2000 Available: http://www.example.com. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

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

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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 1 Aug. 2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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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 do you cite a book in the PAIN referencing style?

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

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

How to cite a YouTube video PAIN

How to cite a podcast using PAIN referencing style

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

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

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Stop doing your references by hand