Paleobiology Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Paleobiology 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 Paleobiology.

How to do citations in Paleobiology style?

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

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

Last Name, F. N. 2000: Title. in E. F. N. Editor Last Name, ed. Publisher, City, p.

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:
Paleobiology citation:

Rowling, J. K. 1997: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London, p.

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

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

Here’s a Paleobiology 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 Paleobiology:

Petit, C., and J. Sieffermann. 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 and Sieffermann 2007)

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

Here’s an Paleobiology example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., and Author2 LastnameA. F. 2000: Title. Downloaded from https://www.example.com on 23 February 2020. 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 23 February 2020. The Guardian.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Paleobiology

Here’s a Paleobiology citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 2000: Title. YouTube. Downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX on 23 February 2020.

So how to cite a video Paleobiology?

Pixar. 2015: Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ on 23 February 2020.

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

How to cite a podcast using Paleobiology 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 Paleobiology.

Lastname, F. 2000: Title. .

Podcast referencing example in Paleobiology 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 Paleobiology referencing style?

An example song citation in Paleobiology.

Lastname, F. 2000: Song Title. p.

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

The Beatles. 1969: Here Comes the Sun. p.

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

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