Triple Helix Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Triple Helix style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Triple Helix 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 Triple Helix.

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cite Triple Helix  — Referencing Guide



How do you cite a book in the Triple Helix referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Triple Helix

Here’s an example book citation in Triple Helix using placeholders:
Last Name FN (2000) Title, Edition. Publisher, City
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Triple Helix citation:
Angelou M (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st edn.. Random House, New York
And an in-text citation book citation in Triple Helix looks like this: (Angelou 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Triple Helix citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Triple Helix format?

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

Here’s a Triple Helix journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (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 Triple Helix:
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 and Sieffermann 2007)


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How to cite a website in a paper in Triple Helix style?

Citing your sources is a necessary part of any research paper. To cite a website in Triple Helix this is what you need

Here’s an Triple Helix example website reference:
Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. https://www.example.com. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024
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. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Triple Helix in 2024

To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to Triple Helix, all you need it the following

Here’s a Triple Helix citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName (2000) Title. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024
So how to cite a video Triple Helix?
Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024
And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Triple Helix referencing style

To cite a podcast episode in Triple Helix, all you need to do is the following

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 Triple Helix.
Lastname F (2000) Title
Podcast referencing example in Triple Helix 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)

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Triple Helix 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 Triple Helix

An example song citation in Triple Helix.
Lastname F (2000) Song Title
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Triple Helix:
The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun
And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles 1969)


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