Structure Referencing Guide

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How to do citations in Structure style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Structure 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 Structure.

How do you cite a book in the Structure referencing style?

When writing an academic paper, you will surely come across the challenge of citing a book properly. Here’s how to do it in Structure:

Here’s an example book citation in Structure using placeholders:

Last Name, F.N. (2000). Title (City: Publisher).

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Structure citation:

Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (New York: Random House).

And an in-text citation book citation in Structure looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)

How to reference a journal article in the Structure citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Structure format?

The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in Structure, follow this example

Here’s a Structure journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title. Container Volume, pages Used.

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 Structure:

Petit, C., and Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18, 161-172.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)

How to cite a website in a paper in Structure style?

The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in Structure is straight forward. Here’s how

Here’s an Structure example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title (Publisher).

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran, M. (2008). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President (The Guardian).

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Structure

Citing a video from YouTube may appear more difficult than citing a book because YouTube has so much information. But the process is quite simple, here’s how to do it in Structure

Here’s a Structure citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000). Title .

So how to cite a video Structure?

Pixar (2015). Pizza Clip — Inside Out .

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Structure referencing style

Are you wondering if it’s ok to reference a podcast episode in a research paper? Here’s how to cite it in Structure

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 Structure.

Lastname, F. (2000). Title (Publisher).

Podcast referencing example in Structure using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life (2018). 640: Five Women (WBEZ Radio).

And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

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

Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in Structure is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:

An example song citation in Structure.

Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title .

Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Structure:

The Beatles (1969). Here Comes the Sun .

And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)

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