Fossil Record Referencing Guide

This is the Citationsy guide to Fossil Record 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 Fossil Record.

How to do citations in Fossil Record style?
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How do you cite a book in the Fossil Record referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Fossil Record using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N.: Title, Edition., edited by E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Publisher, City., 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:
Fossil Record citation:
Angelou, M.: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed., Random House, New York., 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in Fossil Record looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)

How to reference a journal article in the Fossil Record citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Fossil Record format?

Here’s a Fossil Record journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F.: Title, Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used, doi:DOI, 2000.
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 Fossil Record:
Petit, C. and Sieffermann, J.: Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, , 18(1), 161-172, doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008, 2007.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)

How to cite a website in a paper in Fossil Record style?

Here’s an Fossil Record example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author2 LastnameA. F.: Title, [online] Available from: https://www.example.com (Accessed 5 December 2021), 2000.
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, M.: Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, [online] Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (Accessed 5 December 2021), 2008.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Fossil Record

Here’s a Fossil Record citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName: Title, YouTube [online] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (Accessed 5 December 2021), 2000.
So how to cite a video Fossil Record?
Pixar: Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube [online] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (Accessed 5 December 2021), 2015.
And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Fossil Record 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 Fossil Record.
Lastname, F.: Title, [online] Available from: http://www.example.com (Accessed 5 December 2021), 2000.
Podcast referencing example in Fossil Record using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life: 640: Five Women, [online] Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (Accessed 5 December 2021), 2018.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

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

An example song citation in Fossil Record.
Lastname, F.: Song Title. [online] Available from: http://www.example.com (Accessed 5 December 2021), 2000.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Fossil Record:
The Beatles: Here Comes the Sun. [online] Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (Accessed 5 December 2021), 1969.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)


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