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

How do you cite a book in the Social Identities referencing style? (2022 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in Social IdentitiesHere’s an example book citation in Social Identities using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.; Edition). Publisher.
Social Identities citation:
Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1st ed.). Random House.
How to reference a journal article in the Social Identities citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Social Identities format?
An Social Identities 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 Social Identities journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI
Petit, C., & Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18(1), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
How to cite a website in a paper in Social Identities style?
The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in Social Identities is straight forward. Here’s howHere’s an Social Identities example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. https://www.example.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, M. (2008, November 5). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
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How to cite a YouTube video Social Identities in 2022
Did you know almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. Here’s how to cite one in Social IdentitiesHere’s a Social Identities citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX
Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ
How to cite a podcast using Social Identities 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 Social Identities, 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 Social Identities.
Lastname, F. (2000). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com
This American Life. (2018). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Social Identities referencing style?
Many people think that referencing songs or lyrics to songs isn’t common practise. That’s why we’re here to make it as simple and easy for you to reference a song in Social Identities. This is all you needAn example song citation in Social Identities.
Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Song Title. In Album. http://www.example.com
The Beatles. (1969, September 26). Here Comes the Sun. In Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150
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