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

How do you cite a book in the RTF Scan referencing style? (2022 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in RTF ScanHere’s an example book citation in RTF Scan using placeholders:
{Last Name, "Title", 2000}
RTF Scan citation:
{Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", 1969}
How to reference a journal article in the RTF Scan citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in RTF Scan format?
An RTF Scan citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s howHere’s a RTF Scan journal citation example using placeholders:
{Author1 Lastname and Author3 Lastname, "Title", 2000}
{Petit and Sieffermann, "Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?", 2007}
How to cite a website in a paper in RTF Scan style?
The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in RTF Scan is straight forward. Here’s howHere’s an RTF Scan example website reference:
{Author1 Lastname and Author2 Lastname, "Title", 2000}
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
{Tran, "Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President", 2008}
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How to cite a YouTube video RTF Scan in 2022
To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to RTF Scan, all you need it the followingHere’s a RTF Scan citation YouTube video example:
{ChannelName, "Title", 2000}
{Pixar, "Pizza Clip — Inside Out", 2015}
How to cite a podcast using RTF Scan referencing style
To cite a podcast episode in RTF Scan, this is what you’ll needIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in RTF Scan.
{Lastname, "Title", 2000}
{This American Life, "640: Five Women", 2018}
How to cite a piece of music or a song using RTF Scan referencing style?
Did you know there are well over 100 million different songs you can cite and reference? Here’s a simple guide to reference any song in RTF ScanAn example song citation in RTF Scan.
{Lastname, "Song Title", 2000}
{The Beatles, "Here Comes the Sun", 1969}
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