Placenta Referencing Guide
(updated Jul 2022)
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How to do citations in Placenta style?
This is the Citationsy guide to Placenta citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to Placenta 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 Placenta.

How do you cite a book in the Placenta referencing style? (2022 Guide)
When writing an academic paper, you will surely come across the challenge of citing a book properly. Here’s how to do it in Placenta:Here’s an example book citation in Placenta using placeholders:
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F.N. Last Name, Title, Edition, Publisher, City, 2000.
Placenta citation:
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M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed., Random House, New York, 1969.
How to reference a journal article in the Placenta citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Placenta format?
Use the following template to cite a journal article using the Placenta citation format.Here’s a Placenta journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., Title, Container. Volume (2000) pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.
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C. Petit, J. Sieffermann, Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18 (2007) 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
How to cite a website in a paper in Placenta style?
Although not all open web content is appropriate as scholarly evidence, you might find yourself wanting to reference a web page in Placenta. Here’s a quick and simple guide on how to do itHere’s an Placenta example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed July 6, 2022).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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M. Tran, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, (2008). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed July 6, 2022).
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How to cite a YouTube video Placenta in 2022
Are you wondering if it’s ok to reference a YouTube video in a research paper? Here’s how to cite it in PlacentaHere’s a Placenta citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed July 6, 2022).
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Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed July 6, 2022).
How to cite a podcast using Placenta referencing style
Podcasts can be perfect sources of information for your research paper. They cover a wide range of topics you may want to address in your paper. Here’s how to cite them in PlacentaIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Placenta.
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F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed July 6, 2022).
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This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed July 6, 2022).
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Placenta referencing style?
Did you know that Bob Dylan has written well over 500 different songs? Here’s how to cite any song in PlacentaAn example song citation in Placenta.
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F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed July 6, 2022).
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed July 6, 2022).
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