Small Referencing Guide
(updated May 2022)
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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.
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.

How do you cite a book in the Small referencing style? (2022 Guide)
A book citation in Small always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an exampleHere’s an example book citation in Small using placeholders:
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F. N. Last Name, Title, Publisher, City, 2000.
Small citation:
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M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Random House, New York, 1969.
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 SmallHere’s a Small journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA. F., Author3 LastnameA. F., Container 2000, Volume.
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C. Petit, J. Sieffermann, 2007, 18.
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 itHere’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.
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.
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How to cite a YouTube video Small in 2022
Did you know almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. Here’s how to cite one in SmallHere’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.
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Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, can be found under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ, 2015.
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 SmallIt 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.
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F. Lastname, 2000.
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This American Life, 2018.
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 SmallAn example song citation in Small.
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F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000.
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969.
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