Popular ACL style Citation Examples

 

How to cite a Book in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a book using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Template:

Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title. Publisher, City, edition.

Example:

Joseph Goebbels. 2015. Joseph Goebbels On the ""Big Lie"" | Jewish Virtual Library.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State. (Goebbels, 2015)

 

How to cite a Journal in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a journal using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title. Publication Title, Volume number(Issue number):Pages Used.

Example:

Halim Rane, Jacqui Ewart and John Martinkus. Media framing of the Muslim world.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

This text is useful in its investigation of how the popular medias portrayal of Muslims translates into he wests popular opinion of that demographic, it also provides insight into how said media is produced and consumed in the digital age. It seems valid as the research done around the area seems rather extensive, yet the source is biased in its claim of media stigmatisation of Muslims. (Rane et al.)

 

How to cite Film or Movie in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a film or movie using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Year Published. Title.

Example:

Dennis Millard. 2015. Getting into gear.

In-text citation

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(mis, Year Published)

Example:

Between 2012 and 2013 Halfords reported an increase in turnover of 1% from £863 million to £871.3 million. In addition to this the company saw its operating profits decline by 20% over the year to £78.1 million from £97 million a year earlier (Millard, 2015)

 

How to cite an Online image or video in ACL style


Use the following template to cite an online image or video using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

US Government Publishing Office. 2015. Section 875(b).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

…embodies the requirement that the government prove that a defendant made a “true ‘threat. (US Government Publishing Office, 2015)

 

How to cite a Website in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a website using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

1998. Forget Security Capital; can you say `ProLogis?'. National Real Estate Investor Journal, 40(6):8,4/9p.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

will create stronger awareness of the company's customer-driven strategy and services as it continues its U.S. and worldwide expansion (mis, 1998)

 

Additional ACL style Citation Examples

 

How to cite a Blog in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a blog using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

Qiang Wu and Edward Sweeney. 2015. Guidance of main individual report.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

Global purchasing is part of global supply chain management that refers to the functions associated with the worldwide buying of the goods, services, and/or information required by the multinational corporations (Wu and Sweeney, 2015)

 

How to cite a Court case in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a court case using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Year Published. Title.

Example:

Gov.uk. 2015. Pregnant employees' rights - GOV.UK.

In-text citation

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(mis, Year Published)

Example:

‘Antenatal care’ isn’t just medical appointments - it can also include antenatal or parenting classes if they’ve been recommended by a doctor or midwife (Gov.uk, 2015)

 

How to cite a Dictionary entry in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a dictionary entry using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

Dosomething.org. 2015. 11 Facts About Teens And Alcohol | DoSomething.org | America's largest organization for youth volunteering opportunities, with 2,700,000 members and counting.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

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In 2012, nearly 3/4 of students (72%) have consumed alcohol (more than just a few sips) by the end of high school (Dosomething.org, 2015)

 

How to cite an E-book or PDF in ACL style


Use the following template to cite an e-book or pdf using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title. Publisher, City, edition.

Example:

Donal Ryan. 2015. Marketing an introduction for irish students. Gill & Macmillan, 2nd edition.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

Marketing is the process where by a product or service is displayed and promoted to potential consumers (Ryan, 2015)

 

How to cite an Edited book in ACL style


Use the following template to cite an edited book using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname, ed. by. Year Published. Title. Publisher, City, edition.

Example:

Lewis Allen. Strange Fruit.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

Black bodies swinging in the the southern breeze…Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. (Allen)

 

How to cite an Email in ACL style


Use the following template to cite an email using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

Atlassociety.org. 2015. What is Objectivism? | Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and Individualism  | The Atlas Society.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

Objectivism holds that there is no greater moral goal than achieving happiness. (Atlassociety.org, 2015)

 

How to cite an Encyclopedia article in ACL style


Use the following template to cite an encyclopedia article using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

David Strategist and David Strategist. 2014. 6 Characteristics Of Successful Marketers In The Digital Age.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

Erickson shares his ideas of six characteristics that make a successful marketer in the Digital Age. 
Education or training outside of marketing
Programming Skills
Students of humanity
Boundless curiosity
Hyperactive Online Presence
Analytics (Strategist and Strategist, 2014)

 

How to cite an Interview in ACL style


Use the following template to cite an interview using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

Unicef. A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF, 1st edition.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

Article 28: (Right to education): All children have the right to a primary education, which should be free. (Unicef)

 

How to cite a Magazine in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a magazine using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

HISTORY.com. 2015. Women in the Civil War - American Civil War - HISTORY.com.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

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Nearly 20,000 women worked more directly for the Union war effort. Working-class white women and free and enslaved African-American women worked as laundresses, cooks and “matrons,” and some 3,000 middle-class white women worked as nurses. (HISTORY.com, 2015)

 

How to cite a Newspaper in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a newspaper using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

Gov.uk. 2015. Set up a private limited company - GOV.UK.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

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A private company limited by shares is owned by its members (called shareholders). Each member’s liable for the original value of the shares they were issued but didn’t pay for. (Gov.uk, 2015)

 

How to cite a Podcast in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a podcast using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

AARON SMITH. 2009. TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING IN TELEVISION 2.0. Ph.D. thesis, Middlebury College.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

Lost’s narrative complexity encouraged close examination and triggered encyclopedic impulses. Together, fans collaborated to investigate and decipher an array of puzzles and enigmas to uncover Lost’s vast narrative data. (SMITH, 2009)

 

How to cite a Song in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a song using the ACL citation style.

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Author Forename Author Surname. Year Published. Title.

Example:

Vytas Petrulis and Craig Todaro. 2012. INVESTOR AND DEVELOPER ISSUES IN REAL ESTATE JOINT VENTURES.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname, Year Published)

Example:

VYTAS A. PETRULIS
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
CRAIG C. TODARO (Petrulis and Todaro, 2012)

 

How to cite The Bible in ACL style


Use the following template to cite The Bible using the ACL citation style.

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Title. Year Published. Publisher, City, edition.

Example:

Jim Conley and Arlene McLaren. 2015. Car Troubles.

In-text citation

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(Title, Year Published)

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This article focused on how advertisements try to create an identity for their products. A common identity that is used is the western mythology, in an attempt to make people associate the product with America. (Conley and McLaren, 2015)

 

How to cite a TV Show in ACL style


Use the following template to cite a TV Show using the ACL citation style.

Reference List

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Year Published. Title.

Example:

Soheila Pirhadi Tavandashti. ResearchGate - Share and discover research.

In-text citation

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(mis, Year Published)

Example:

'A Feminist Reading of 'The Great Gatsby' (Tavandashti)