Silicon Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)
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How to do citations in Silicon style?
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This is the Citationsy guide to Silicon citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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How do you cite a book in the Silicon referencing style? (2024 Guide)
Have you come across fiction, non-fiction, history, novel or any other book and you want to include it in your works-cited-list in Silicon? This is how.Here’s an example book citation in Silicon using placeholders:
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Last Name FN (2000) Title, Edition. Publisher, City
Silicon citation:
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Angelou M (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. Random House, New York
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How to reference a journal article in the Silicon citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Silicon format?
An Silicon 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 Silicon journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container Volume:pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI
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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
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How to cite a website in a paper in Silicon 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 SiliconHere’s an Silicon example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M (2008) Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024
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How to cite a YouTube video Silicon in 2024
Are you watching a YouTube video and you don’t know how to cite it? Here’s a simple way to do it in SiliconHere’s a Silicon citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024
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Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024
How to cite a podcast using Silicon referencing style
To cite a podcast episode in Silicon, all you need to do is the followingIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Silicon.
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Lastname F (2000) Title
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This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Silicon referencing style?
Did you know that Bob Dylan has written well over 500 different songs? Here’s how to cite any song in SiliconAn example song citation in Silicon.
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Lastname F (2000) Song Title
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The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun
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