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.

• Home
  • What's in this guide?
  • Scientific Style and Format (CSE), 8th edition
  • Citation FAQs (CSE Style)
  • Contact

  What's in this guide?

  Scientific Style and Format (CSE), 8th edition

  • CSE Quick
  • Reports
  • Formatting paper & cover page

  The following examples illustrate the CSE name–year system. In-text references consist of the author(s) surname and the year of publication. End references are unnumbered and listed in alphabetical order.

  

  CSE Style NAME-YEAR system examples

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

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