Structures Referencing Guide

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How to do citations in Structures style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Structures 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 Structures.

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

Have you come across fiction, non-fiction, history, novel or any other book and you want to include it in your works-cited-list in Structures? This is how.

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

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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 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:
Structures citation:

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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.

And an in-text citation book citation in Structures looks like this: [1]

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

How do you cite scientific papers in Structures format?

To cite a research paper or journal article following the Structures formatting guide, follow these easy steps

Here’s a Structures journal citation example using placeholders:

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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000;Volume:pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.

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 Structures:

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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? 2007;18:161-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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

Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in Structures? Here’s how to easily cite it

Here’s an Structures example website reference:

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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title 2000. https://www.example.com (accessed January 27, 2022).

To reference the article located at this link:
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 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed January 27, 2022).

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Structures

Did you know almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. Here’s how to cite one in Structures

Here’s a Structures citation YouTube video example:

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ChannelName. Title. YouTube 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed January 27, 2022).

So how to cite a video Structures?

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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed January 27, 2022).

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using Structures referencing style

A more entertaining way to learn is to simply listen to a podcast. This is something relatively new that many people still don’t know how to cite and reference. Here’s how to do it in Structures

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 Structures.

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Lastname F. Title 2000.

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

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This American Life. 640: Five Women 2018.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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

Have you ever cited a movie before? You will see that citing a song is a pretty similar process. Here’s how to do it in Structures

An example song citation in Structures.

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Lastname F. Song Title. 2000.

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

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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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