Small Referencing Guide
(updated May 2023)

Last updated: Fri, May 26 2023 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in Small style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Small 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 Small.

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How do you cite a book in the Small referencing style? (2023 Guide)

A book citation in Small always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

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

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F. N. Last Name, Title, Publisher, City, 2000.

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

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M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Random House, New York, 1969.

And an in-text citation book citation in Small looks like this: [¹]

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Small format?

A journal is a scholarly article that presents research from experts in a certain field. Here’s how to cite a paper in Small

Here’s a Small journal citation example using placeholders:

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Author1 LastnameA. F., Author3 LastnameA. F., Container 2000, Volume.

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 Small:

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C. Petit, J. Sieffermann, 2007, 18.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [¹]

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How to cite a website in a paper in Small style?

I found a useful website and want to cite information from it in my paper. How do I reference in Small? Here’s a simple guide on how to do it

Here’s an Small example website reference:

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Author1 LastnameA. F., Author2 LastnameA. F., “Title”, can be found under https://www.example.com, 2000.

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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M. Tran, “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”, can be found under https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083, 2008.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [¹]

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How to cite a YouTube video Small in 2023

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

Here’s a Small citation YouTube video example:

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ChannelName, “Title”, can be found under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX, 2000.

So how to cite a video Small?

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Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, can be found under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ, 2015.

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [¹]

How to cite a podcast using Small 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 Small

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 Small.

[1]

F. Lastname, 2000.

Podcast referencing example in Small using “This American Life” episode 640:

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This American Life, 2018.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [¹]

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Small 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 Small

An example song citation in Small.

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F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000.

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

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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [¹]

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Small Referencing Guide (updated May 2023)

This is the Citationsy guide to Small 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 Small.