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Scientific Style (CSE) Citation Examples

Find how to cite articles, books (+ chapters, textbooks, lab manuals) magazines/newspapers, videos, conference papers, web pages, in text parentheticals, & author names. Single-space citations with a hanging indent (ctrl+t). Double-space between entries.

Web pages

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Author(s) Last Name, First and Middle Initials. Date of publication. Title of webpage. Publisher. [date accessed in year abbreviated month day]; URL.

 

Geggel L. 2016. Why do birds sing the same song over and over? Livescience. [accessed 2016 Jul 27]; http://www.livescience.com/54544-why-birds-sing-same-song-repeatedly.html.

 

    IN TEXT

(Geggel 2016).

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Title of webpage. Date of publication. Publisher. [date accessed in year abbreviated month day]; URL.

 

Human biology and health science fair project ideas. c2002-2016. Science Buddies. [accessed 2016 Jul 27]; http://sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects?Intro-Human-Biology.shtml.

IN TEXT 

(Human Biology . . . c2002-2016).

 

END REFERENCE

Organizations and memberships. 2016. Reston  (VA): American Institute of Biological Sciences, [accessed 2016 Jul 1]. http://access.aibs.org/organizations.html.

  

IN TEXT 

(Organizations . . . 2016).

For the in-text reference, include only the first word or two of the title (enough to distinguish it from other titles in the reference list), followed by an ellipsis and the date. 

NO DATE?

[date unknown]

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