Potato Research Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Potato Research 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 Potato Research.

How to do citations in Potato Research style?

cite Potato Research — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Potato Research referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Potato Research using placeholders:

Last Name FN (2000) Title, Edition. Publisher, City

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:
Potato Research citation:

Rowling JK (1997) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st edn.. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London

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

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

Here’s a Potato Research journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container Volume: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 Potato Research:

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

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

How to cite a website in a paper in Potato Research style?

Here’s an Potato Research example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020

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. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020

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

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How to cite a YouTube video Potato Research

Here’s a Potato Research citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020

So how to cite a video Potato Research?

Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020

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

How to cite a podcast using Potato Research 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 Potato Research.

Lastname F (2000) Title

Podcast referencing example in Potato Research 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 Potato Research referencing style?

An example song citation in Potato Research.

Lastname F (2000) Song Title

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

The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun

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

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