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

How do you cite a book in the SPIE BiOS referencing style? (2022 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 SPIE BiOSHere’s an example book citation in SPIE BiOS using placeholders:
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Last Name, F.N., [Title] , Edition, E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed., Publisher, City (2000).
SPIE BiOS citation:
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Angelou, M., [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings] , 1st ed., Random House, New York (1969).
How to reference a journal article in the SPIE BiOS citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in SPIE BiOS format?
To write a research paper, you need to incorporate sources. This means that you have to know how to format the sources in your academic paper. To cite someone else’s paper in SPIE BiOS in your research, follow these simple steps.Here’s a SPIE BiOS journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F., “Title”, Container Volume(Issue), pages Used (2000).
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Petit, C., and Sieffermann, J., “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” 18(1), 161-172 (2007).
How to cite a website in a paper in SPIE BiOS style?
Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in SPIE BiOS? Here’s how to easily cite itHere’s an SPIE BiOS example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F., “Title”, 1 January 2000, (24 May 2022).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran, M., “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”, 5 November 2008, (24 May 2022).
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How to cite a YouTube video SPIE BiOS in 2022
Are you wondering if it’s ok to reference a YouTube video in a research paper? Here’s how to cite it in SPIE BiOSHere’s a SPIE BiOS citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName, “Title”, YouTube, 1 January 2000, (24 May 2022).
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Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube, 3 June 2015, (24 May 2022).
How to cite a podcast using SPIE BiOS 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 SPIE BiOSIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in SPIE BiOS.
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Lastname, F., “Title”, Publisher (2000).
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This American Life, “640: Five Women”, WBEZ Radio (2018).
How to cite a piece of music or a song using SPIE BiOS 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 SPIE BiOSAn example song citation in SPIE BiOS.
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Lastname, F., [Song Title] , in Album (2000).
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The Beatles, [Here Comes the Sun] , in Abbey Road (1969).
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