Traffic Referencing Guide
(updated Aug 2022)
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How to do citations in Traffic style?
This is the Citationsy guide to Traffic citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to Traffic 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 Traffic.

How do you cite a book in the Traffic referencing style? (2022 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in TrafficHere’s an example book citation in Traffic using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.
Traffic citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.
How to reference a journal article in the Traffic citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Traffic format?
The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in Traffic, follow this exampleHere’s a Traffic journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet] 2000 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];Volume:pages Used. Available from: URL
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet] 2007 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];18:161-172. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
How to cite a website in a paper in Traffic style?
The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in Traffic is straight forward. Here’s howHere’s an Traffic example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];Available from: https://www.example.com
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 [Internet]. 2008 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
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How to cite a YouTube video Traffic in 2022
Have you discovered something while watching a Youtube channel or video and would like to know how to reference it in Traffic? Here’s howHere’s a Traffic citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube. 2000 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube. 2015 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ
How to cite a podcast using Traffic referencing style
Citing a podcast in Traffic is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do itIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Traffic.
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Lastname F. Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];Available from: http://www.example.com
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This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2022 Aug. 8];Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Traffic referencing style?
Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in TrafficAn example song citation in Traffic.
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Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2022 Aug. 8]. Available from: http://www.example.com
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. 1969 [cited 2022 Aug. 8]. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150
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