The Geological Society of London Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to The Geological Society of London 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 Geological Society of London.

How to do citations in The Geological Society of London style?

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How do you cite a book in the The Geological Society of London referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in The Geological Society of London using placeholders:

Last Name, F.N. 2000. Title, Edition. Editor Last Name, E. F. N. (ed.). 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 Geological Society of London 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 Geological Society of London looks like this: (Rowling 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the The Geological Society of London citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in The Geological Society of London format?

Here’s a The Geological Society of London journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F. & Author3 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. Container, 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 The Geological Society of London:

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

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

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How to cite a website in a paper in The Geological Society of London style?

Here’s an The Geological Society of London example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F. & Author2 LastnameA.F. 2000. Title. https://www.example.com.

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. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.

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

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How to cite a YouTube video The Geological Society of London

Here’s a The Geological Society of London citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 2000. Title. YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.

So how to cite a video The Geological Society of London?

Pixar. 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ.

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

How to cite a podcast using The Geological Society of London 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 Geological Society of London.

Lastname, F. 2000. Title. .

Podcast referencing example in The Geological Society of London using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life. 2018. 640: Five Women. .

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 Geological Society of London referencing style?

An example song citation in The Geological Society of London.

Lastname, F. 2000. Song Title. . .

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

The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. . .

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

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