Scientific Style (CSE) Citation Examples: Home

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.

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Articles

  • journal, magazine and newspaper article examples

Books/eBooks

  • print and online books/book chapters examples

Web pages

  • web page examples

Media

  • images, video

Conferences/unpublished

  • publications; papers/poster sessions

In text

  • parenthetical referencing examples within the text
  • citing author names within the text

Authors

  • citing author names in the end references

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Additional CSE Style NAME-YEAR system examples
(provided by the Council of Science Editors):

  • forthcoming material
  • chapters in book
  • multivolume work as a whole
  • dissertations and theses
  • patents
  • personal communication

Scientific report writing guidelines, Writing Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

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