How to Reference Coca-Cola As a Product in an Essay
You only need to reference a product in an essay if you are referring to information about it from a published source. Publications about Coca-Cola could include textual sources, like a newspaper article or press release, or non-textual, such as an advertisement. Cite the source in your essay how you would reference any other material.
Instructions
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MLA Style
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Write the last name of the author, followed by the page number in brackets, following the sentence where you referenced her, as follows: (Johnson 3).
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Leave out the author's last name, if you do not know it, and replace it with title of the publication, at the end of a sentence, as follows: ("In brand value, things go worse for Coke" 1).
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List the name of the artist in brackets, if available, when citing an advertisement for Coca-Cola. If no artist is available, simply list the company. Format the citation as follows, at the end of a sentence: (Coca-Cola).
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Cite all the information you have available about your Coca-Cola source in your works cited page as follows: Author's last name, Author's first name. Title. Title of Newspaper or Website. Day Month Year.
APA Style
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Write the last name of the author, followed by a comma and the source's year of publication, following the sentence where you referenced her, as follows: (Johnson, 2009).
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Leave out the author's last name, if you do not know it, and replace it with title of the publication, at the end of a sentence, as follows: ("In brand value, things go worse for Coke," 2009).
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List the name of the artist in brackets, if available, followed by the date of publication, when citing an advertisement for Coca-Cola. If no artist is available, simply list the company. Format the citation as follows, at the end of a sentence: (Coca-Cola, 2009).
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Cite all the information you have available about your Coca-Cola source in your reference list as follows: Author's last name, Author's first initial. (Date of Publication). Title. Title of Newspaper or Website. Retrieved from http://website.
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Tips & Warnings
Ensure all punctuation in your citations is correct.
References
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