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

How do you cite a book in the Signals 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 SignalsHere’s an example book citation in Signals using placeholders:
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Last Name, F.N. Title; Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Ed.; Edition.; Publisher: City, 2000; ISBN ISBN.
Signals citation:
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Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969; ISBN 9780375507892.
How to reference a journal article in the Signals citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Signals format?
Have you come across a research paper or journal article you would like to cite in your own research? Here’s how to do it in SignalsHere’s a Signals journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author3 LastnameA.F. Title. Container 2000, Volume, pages Used.
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Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007, 18, 161-172.
How to cite a website in a paper in Signals 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 SignalsHere’s an Signals example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F.; Author2 LastnameA.F. Title Available online: https://www.example.com (accessed on Jun.30, 2022).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran, M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President Available online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed on Jun.30, 2022).
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How to cite a YouTube video Signals 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 SignalsHere’s a Signals citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName Title Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed on Jun.30, 2022).
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Pixar Pizza Clip — Inside Out Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed on Jun.30, 2022).
How to cite a podcast using Signals referencing style
Did you know there are over 50 million podcast episodes out in the world for you to listen to? If you want to cite one in Signals, here’s howIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Signals.
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Lastname, F. Title 2000.
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This American Life 640: Five Women 2018.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Signals referencing style?
Have you ever cited a movie before? You will see that citing a song is a pretty similar process. Here’s how to do it in SignalsAn example song citation in Signals.
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Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000;.
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The Beatles Here Comes the Sun; 1969;.
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