The Behavior Analyst Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to The Behavior Analyst 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 The Behavior Analyst.

How to do citations in The Behavior Analyst style?

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How do you cite a book in the The Behavior Analyst referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in The Behavior Analyst using placeholders:

Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title. (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.) (Edition.). 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:
The Behavior Analyst citation:

Rowling, J. K. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1st ed.). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.

And an in-text citation book citation in The Behavior Analyst looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the The Behavior Analyst citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in The Behavior Analyst format?

Here’s a The Behavior Analyst journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), 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 The Behavior Analyst:

Petit, C., & Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18(1), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

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

How to cite a website in a paper in The Behavior Analyst style?

Here’s an The Behavior Analyst example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. https://www.example.com. Accessed 2 June 2020

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

Tran, M. (2008, November 5). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 2 June 2020

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

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How to cite a YouTube video The Behavior Analyst

Here’s a The Behavior Analyst citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 2 June 2020

So how to cite a video The Behavior Analyst?

Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 2 June 2020

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

How to cite a podcast using The Behavior Analyst 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 The Behavior Analyst.

Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com. Accessed 2 June 2020

Podcast referencing example in The Behavior Analyst using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life. (2018, March 2). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 2 June 2020

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

How to cite a piece of music or a song using The Behavior Analyst referencing style?

An example song citation in The Behavior Analyst.

Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com. Accessed 2 June 2020

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

The Beatles. (1969). Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed 2 June 2020

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

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