Solid Earth Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Solid Earth style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Solid Earth 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 Solid Earth.

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How do you cite a book in the Solid Earth referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Solid Earth

Here’s an example book citation in Solid Earth using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N.: Title, Edition., edited by E. F. N. Editor Last Name, 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:
Solid Earth citation:
Angelou, M.: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed., Random House, New York., 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in Solid Earth looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Solid Earth citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Solid Earth format?

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

Here’s a Solid Earth journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F.: Title, Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used, doi:DOI, 2000.
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 Solid Earth:
Petit, C. and Sieffermann, J.: Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, , 18(1), 161-172, doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008, 2007.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)


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How to cite a website in a paper in Solid Earth style?

Have you found a credible website you want to cite in Solid Earth to include in your research paper or presentation? Here’s how

Here’s an Solid Earth example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author2 LastnameA. F.: Title, [online] Available from: https://www.example.com (Accessed 25 April 2024), 2000.
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, M.: Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, [online] Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (Accessed 25 April 2024), 2008.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Solid Earth in 2024

If you’ve previously cited a video from a website in Solid Earth, then the process for citing a video from YouTube is basically the same. Here’s how to do it

Here’s a Solid Earth citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName: Title, YouTube [online] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (Accessed 25 April 2024), 2000.
So how to cite a video Solid Earth?
Pixar: Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube [online] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (Accessed 25 April 2024), 2015.
And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Solid Earth 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 Solid Earth

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 Solid Earth.
Lastname, F.: Title, [online] Available from: http://www.example.com (Accessed 25 April 2024), 2000.
Podcast referencing example in Solid Earth using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life: 640: Five Women, [online] Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (Accessed 25 April 2024), 2018.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Solid Earth referencing style?

Have you found a song you would like to cite and include in your essay? Here’s how to cite a song in Solid Earth

An example song citation in Solid Earth.
Lastname, F.: Song Title. [online] Available from: http://www.example.com (Accessed 25 April 2024), 2000.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Solid Earth:
The Beatles: Here Comes the Sun. [online] Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (Accessed 25 April 2024), 1969.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)


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