Silicon Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to Silicon 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 Silicon.
How do you cite a book in the Silicon referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Silicon using placeholders:
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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:
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Rowling JK (1997) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London
And an in-text citation book citation in Silicon looks like this:
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How to reference a journal article in the Silicon citation style?
Here’s a Silicon journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container. 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 Silicon:
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Petit C, Sieffermann J (2007) Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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Citing a website in Silicon reference style
Here’s an Silicon example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 19 Jul. 2019
To reference the article located at this link:
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 19 Jul. 2019
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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How to cite a YouTube video Silicon
Here’s a Silicon citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 19 Jul. 2019
So how to cite a video Silicon?
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Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 19 Jul. 2019
And an in-text video citation would look like this:
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How to cite a podcast using Silicon 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 Silicon.
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Lastname F (2000) Title
Podcast referencing example in Silicon using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Silicon referencing style?
An example song citation in Silicon.
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Lastname F (2000) Song Title
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Silicon:
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The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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