SPIE BiOS Referencing Guide
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 to do citations in SPIE BiOS style?

How do you cite a book in the SPIE BiOS referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in SPIE BiOS using placeholders:[1]
Last Name, F.N., [Title] , Edition, E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed., Publisher, City (2000).
SPIE BiOS citation:
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Rowling, J.K., [Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone] , 1st ed., Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London (1997).
How to reference a journal article in the SPIE BiOS citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in SPIE BiOS format?
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?
Here’s an SPIE BiOS example website reference:[1]
Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F., “Title”, 1 January 2000, (11 April 2021).
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, (11 April 2021).
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How to cite a YouTube video SPIE BiOS
Here’s a SPIE BiOS citation YouTube video example:[1]
ChannelName, “Title”, YouTube, 1 January 2000, (11 April 2021).
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Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube, 3 June 2015, (11 April 2021).
How to cite a podcast using SPIE BiOS referencing style
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 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?
An example song citation in SPIE BiOS.[1]
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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