Tsaqafah Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Tsaqafah 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 Tsaqafah.

How to do citations in Tsaqafah style?

How do you cite a book in the Tsaqafah referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Tsaqafah using placeholders:

Last Name, F.N. Edition edition, ed. by E.F.N. Editor Last Name. 2000, Title, City: Publisher.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Tsaqafah citation:

Angelou, M. 1st edition. 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Random House.

And an in-text citation book citation in Tsaqafah looks like this: M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st edition (New York: Random House, 1969).

How to reference a journal article in the Tsaqafah citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Tsaqafah format?

Here’s a Tsaqafah journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F. and Author3 LastnameA.F. vol. Volume, no. Issue. 2000, “Title”, Container, Journal Name. p. 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 Tsaqafah:

Petit, C. and J. Sieffermann. vols. 18, no. 1. 2007, Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, Food Quality and Preference. pp. 161-72 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008].

And an in-text citation would look like this: C. Petit and J. Sieffermann, Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, vols. 18, no. 1 (Food Quality and Preference, 2007), pp. 161-72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008, accessed 6Dec2021.

How to cite a website in a paper in Tsaqafah style?

Here’s an Tsaqafah example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F. and Author2 LastnameA.F. 1Jan2000, Title, Publisher. https://www.example.com, accessed 6Dec2021.

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

Tran, M. 5Nov2008, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083, accessed 6Dec2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: M. Tran, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President (The Guardian, 5Nov2008), https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083, accessed 6Dec2021.

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How to cite a YouTube video Tsaqafah

Here’s a Tsaqafah citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 1Jan2000, “Title”, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX, accessed 6Dec2021.

So how to cite a video Tsaqafah?

Pixar. 3Jun2015, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ, accessed 6Dec2021.

And an in-text video citation would look like this: Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube (3Jun2015), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ, accessed 6Dec2021.

How to cite a podcast using Tsaqafah 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 Tsaqafah.

Lastname, F. 2000, Title, Publisher. http://www.example.com, accessed 6Dec2021.

Podcast referencing example in Tsaqafah using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life. 2018, 640: Five Women, WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women, accessed 6Dec2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: This American Life, 640: Five Women (WBEZ Radio, 2018), https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women, accessed 6Dec2021.

How to cite a piece of music or a song using Tsaqafah referencing style?

An example song citation in Tsaqafah.

Lastname, F. 2000, “Song Title”, Album. http://www.example.com, accessed 6Dec2021.

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

The Beatles. 1969, “Here Comes the Sun”, Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150, accessed 6Dec2021.

And an in-text citation would look like this: The Beatles, “Here Comes the Sun”, Abbey Road (1969), https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150, accessed 6Dec2021.

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