The Sixties Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in The Sixties style?

This is the Citationsy guide to The Sixties 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 Sixties.

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How do you cite a book in the The Sixties referencing style? (2024 Guide)

There are two places to get the information you need for a book citation: the title page, and the reverse side of the title page. Here’s how to cite it in The Sixties.

Here’s an example book citation in The Sixties using placeholders:
Last Name, First Name. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher, 2000, 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:
The Sixties citation:
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House, 1969, New York: Random House, 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in The Sixties looks like this: Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.


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How to reference a journal article in the The Sixties citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in The Sixties format?

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

Here’s a The Sixties journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. “Title”. Container Volume, no. Issue (January 1, 2000): 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 Sixties: