SERIEs Referencing Guide
(updated Jul 2022)

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

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How to do citations in SERIEs style?

This is the Citationsy guide to SERIEs 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 SERIEs.

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

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in SERIEs

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

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

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

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

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

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

How do you cite scientific papers in SERIEs format?

Citing a research paper or journal article in SERIEs is pretty straightforward. Here’s how

Here’s a SERIEs 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 SERIEs:

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 SERIEs style?

The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), webpage title, website title, institution/publisher, publication date, and DOI or URL. Here’s how to cite it properly in SERIEs

Here’s an SERIEs example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 6 Jul. 2022

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 6 Jul. 2022

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

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How to cite a YouTube video SERIEs in 2022

Did you know almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. Here’s how to cite one in SERIEs

Here’s a SERIEs citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 6 Jul. 2022

So how to cite a video SERIEs?

Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 6 Jul. 2022

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

How to cite a podcast using SERIEs 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 SERIEs

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 SERIEs.

Lastname F (2000) Title

Podcast referencing example in SERIEs 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 SERIEs 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 SERIEs

An example song citation in SERIEs.

Lastname F (2000) Song Title

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

The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun

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

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SERIEs Referencing Guide (updated Jul 2022)

This is the Citationsy guide to SERIEs 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 SERIEs.