Palaeontology Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Palaeontology 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 Palaeontology.

How to do citations in Palaeontology style?

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

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

LAST NAME, F. N. 2000. Title. In EDITOR LAST NAME, E. F. N. (ed.) Publisher, City.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Palaeontology citation:

ANGELOU, M. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Random House, New York.

And an in-text citation book citation in Palaeontology looks like this: (Angelou 1969)

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Palaeontology format?

Here’s a Palaeontology journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F. 2000. Title. Container, Volume, pages Used.

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 Palaeontology:

PETIT, C. and SIEFFERMANN, J. 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18, 161-172.

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

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

Here’s an Palaeontology example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author2 LastnameA. F. 2000. Title. Downloaded from https://www.example.com on 7 December 2021. Publisher.

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. Downloaded from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 on 7 December 2021. The Guardian.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Palaeontology

Here’s a Palaeontology citation YouTube video example:

CHANNELNAME. 2000. Title. YouTube. Downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX on 7 December 2021.

So how to cite a video Palaeontology?

PIXAR. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ on 7 December 2021.

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

How to cite a podcast using Palaeontology 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 Palaeontology.

LASTNAME, F. 2000. Title. .

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

THIS AMERICAN LIFE. 2018. 640: Five Women. .

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

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

An example song citation in Palaeontology.

LASTNAME, F. 2000. Song Title. .

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

THE BEATLES. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. .

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

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