Structure Referencing Guide

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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?

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, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:

Rowling, J.K. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone(London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc).

And an in-text citation book citation in Structure looks like this: (Rowling, 1997)

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

Here’s a Structure journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title.ContainerVolume, 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)

Citing a website in Structure reference style

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

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

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?

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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