Perspectives Referencing Guide
(updated Jul 2022)

Last updated: Mon, Jul 04 2022 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in Perspectives style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Perspectives 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 Perspectives.

How do you cite a book in the Perspectives referencing style? (2022 Guide)

To create a basic works-cited-list entry for a book in Perspectives follow these simple steps

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

Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.; Edition). Publisher.

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

Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1st ed.). Random House.

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

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Perspectives format?

A journal is a scholarly article that presents research from experts in a certain field. Here’s how to cite a paper in Perspectives

Here’s a Perspectives journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used. https://doi.org/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 Perspectives:

Petit, C., & Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18(1), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

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

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

Citing your sources is a necessary part of any research paper. To cite a website in Perspectives this is what you need

Here’s an Perspectives example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. https://www.example.com

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran, M. (2008, November 5). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Perspectives in 2022

Are you watching a YouTube video and you don’t know how to cite it? Here’s a simple way to do it in Perspectives

Here’s a Perspectives citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Perspectives?

Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

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

How to cite a podcast using Perspectives referencing style

Citing a podcast in Perspectives is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do it

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 Perspectives.

Lastname, F. (2000). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com

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

This American Life. (2018). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/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 Perspectives referencing style?

Have you found a song you would like to cite and include in your essay? Here’s how to cite a song in Perspectives

An example song citation in Perspectives.

Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Song Title. In Album. http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. (1969, September 26). Here Comes the Sun. In Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

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

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Perspectives Referencing Guide (updated Jul 2022)