CSE Citation Style: Reference List: Name-Year

Note: This page deals with CSE style citation in the Name-Year system. Click here for Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name.

On this page

• General Guidelines
• Print
  • Standard book format
  • Multiple authors
  • Edited Book
  • Organizational Author
  • Chapter or Section of a Book
  • Chapter or Section of an Edited Book
• E-Books

General Guidelines

• Author/Editor names are listed in order of appearance, citing the surname, followed by a space, and the author initials as given. e.g. Smith E, or Jones FH
• Date of publication refers to the year in which the work was published, and should always be included in a reference. If no date of publication can be found, insert [date unknown]
• Book title: Capitalize only the first letter of the first word and proper nouns and adjectives.
• Edition is only listed if it is later than the 1st edition
• Place of publication is listed as the city, and the state or province in brackets (e.g. Ottawa (ON) or Denver (CO) ). For cities outside of the U.S. and Canada include the country in brackets (e.g. London (England) ). If you wish, you may use the 2 letter ISO country code (e.g. Rome (IT) or Geneva (CH) )
• Extent and Notes are entirely optional citation elements
  • Extent can refer to pagination (e.g. p. 75-77 or 354 p.), number of volumes (e.g. 5 vol.) , or screens.
  • Notes may indicate that the work is in a language other than English, the ISBN, location, URL, or DOI

Print

Standard Book Format

Author. Date. Title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Maynard Smith J. 1986. The problems of biology. Oxford (United Kingdom): Oxford University Press.

Multiple Authors

For any book with more than 1 author, seperate names by a comma.

Author(s). Date. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Cotterell B, Kamminga J. 1990. Mechanics of pre-industrial technology: an introduction to the mechanics of ancient and traditional material culture. Cambridge (United Kingdom): Cambridge University Press.

Note: For any book with more than 10 authors, list the first 10 followed by "et al."

Edited Book

Editor(s), editor(s). Date. Title. Place of publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Rozenburg JJ, editor. 2003. Bioethical and ethical issues surrounding the trials and Code of Nuremburg: Nuremberg revisted. Lewiston (NY): Edwin Mellen Press.

Organizational Author

Organization Name. Date. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Society for Experimental Biology. 1967. Aspects of the biology of ageing. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press.

Chapter or Section of a Book

Author(s). Date. Title. Place of publication: Publisher. Chapter or Section, Title; Extent. Notes.

Example

Moroz A. 2012. The common extremalities in biology and physics: maximum energy dissipation principle in chemistry, biology, physics and evolution. London (United Kingdom): Elsevier. Ch. 2.3.2, On vector formulation of additive control; p. 97-99.

Chapter or Section of an Edited Book

Author(s). Date. Title of part. In: Editor(s), editors. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Zahari S. 2013. Alcohol metabolism and genetic control. In: Boyle P, editor. Alcohol: science policy, and public health. Oxford (United Kingdom): Oxford University Press. p.57-70.

E-Book

Author(s). Date. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD; accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

Longo G, Montévil M. 2014. Biological time, symmetries and singularities: perspectives on life. Berlin (Germany): Springer. [accessed 2019 Mar 25].

Note: This page deals with CSE style citation in the Name-Year system. Click here for Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name.

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• General Guidelines
• Print: Conference Paper
• Print: Conference Proceedings
• Electronic: Conference Paper
• Eletronic: Conference Proceedings

General Guidelines

• Author/Editor names are listed in order of appearance, citing the surname, followed by a space, and the author initials as given. e.g. Smith E, or Jones FH
• Date of publication refers to the year in which the work was published, and should always be included in a reference. If no date of publication can be found, insert [date unknown]
• Titles: Capitalize only the first letter of the first word and proper nouns and adjectives.
• Place of publication is listed as the city, and the state or province in brackets (e.g. Ottawa (ON) or Denver (CO) ). For cities outside of the U.S. and Canada include the country in brackets (e.g. London (England) ). If you wish, you may use the 2 letter ISO country code (e.g. Rome (IT) or Geneva (CH) )
• Extent and Notes are entirely optional citation elements.
  • Extent can refer to pagination, unnumbered pages, volumes, or screens.
  • Notes may indicate that the work is in a language other than English, the ISBN, location, URL, or DOI

Print: Conference Paper

Author(s). Date. Title of paper. In: Editor(s). Title of Book/Conference Proceedings. Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Donnelly RJ. 1990. Externally modulated hydrodynamic systems. In: Busse FH, Kramer L, editors. Nonlinear evolution of spatio-temporal structures in dissipative continuous systems. NATO advanced research workshop on nonlinear evolution of spatio-temporal structures in dissipative continuous systems; 1989 Sep 24-29, Streitberg (Germany). New York: Plenum Press. p. 31-43.

Print: Conference Proceedings

Editor(s). Date. Title of book/conference proceedings. Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Velo G, Wrightman AS, editors. 1985. Regular and chaotic motions in dynamic systems. 5th Int. school of mathematical physics and NATO advanced study institute on regular chaotic motions in dynamic systems; 1983 Jul 2-14; Erice (Italy). New York: Plenum Press.

Electronic: Conference Paper

Author(s). Date. Title of paper. In: Editor(s). Title of Book/Conference Proceedings. Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD, accessed YYYY MMM DD]. URL/DOI

Example

Oliveira AR, Brito KL, Dias Z, Dias U. 2018. Sorting by weighted reversals and transpositions. In: Alves R, editor. Advances in bioinformatics and computational biology. 11th Brazilian symposium on bioinformatics; 2019 oct 30 - nov 1; Niterói (Brazil). Cham (Switzerland): Springer International Publishing. [accessed 2019 Mar 25]. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01722-4

Electronic: Conference Proceedings

Editor(s). Date Title of book/conference proceedings. Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD, accessed YYYY MMM DD]. URL/DOI

Example

Alves R, editor. Advances in bioinformatics and computational biology. 2018. 11th Brazilian symposium on bioinformatics; 2019 oct 30 - nov 1; Niterói (Brazil). Cham (Switzerland): Springer International Publishing. [accessed 2019 Mar 25]. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01722-4

Note: This page deals with CSE style citation in the Name-Year system. Click here for Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name.

On this page

• General Guidelines
• Standard Journal Article
• Multiple Authors
• E-Journal Article

General Guidelines

• Author names are listed in order of appearance, citing the surname, followed by a space, and the author initials as given. e.g. Smith E, or Jones FH
• Article title: Capitalize only the first letter of the first word and proper nouns and adjectives
• Journal titles should be abbreviated. You can consult the NLM Catalog, as well as the Journal Title Abbreviations page from the California Institute of Technology Library
• E-journals require the inclusion of an update and access date (e.g. [Date updated; Date accessed], as well as a URL and/or DOI included in the Notes
• Pagination refers to the page numbers in which the article is located

Standard Journal Article

Author(s). Date. Article title. Journal title. Volume(issue):pagination.

Example

Kent HA. 1962. Polyovular follicles and multinucleate ova in the overies of young hamsters. Anat Rec. Vol.143(4): p. 345-349.

Multiple Authors

For more than 1 author, seperate names using a comma.

Author(s). Date. Article title. Abbreviated Journal title. Volume(issue):pagination.

Example

Timmermans MC, Das OP, Messing J. 1994. Geminiviruses and their uses as extrachomosomal replicons. Annu rev plant physiol plant mol biol. Vol. 45: p. 79-112

Note: For more than 10 authors, list the first 10 followed by "et al."

E-Journal

Insert a URL and a DOI (if available) in the notes section.

Author(s). Date. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal Title. [date updated; date accessed];volume(issue): Extent. Notes.

Example

Pavlova D, Pinxten R, Eens M. 2010. Age-related changes of song traits in female European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Anim Biol. [accessed 2019 Mar 25];Vol.60(1): p.43-59. doi: 10.1163/157075610X12610595764138

Note: This page deals with CSE style citation in the Name-Year system. Click here for Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name.

On this page

• General Guidelines
• Thesis or Dissertation: Print
• Thesis or Dissertation: Electronic

General Guidelines

• Author names are listed in order of appearance, citing the surname, followed by a space, and the author initials as given. e.g. Smith E, or Jones FH
• Title: Capitalize only the first letter of the first word and proper nouns and adjectives.
• Place of publication is listed as the city, and the state or province in brackets (e.g. Ottawa (ON) or Denver (CO) ). For cities outside of the U.S. and Canada, include the country in brackets (e.g. London (England) ). If you wish, you may use the 2 letter ISO country code (e.g. Rome (IT) or Geneva (CH) )
• Publishers of theses or dissertations are often the university or institution granting the degree
• Extent and Notes are entirely optional citation elements.
  • Extent refers to pagination, unnumbered pages, volumes, or screens.
  • Notes may indicate that the work is in a language other than English, the ISBN, location, URL, or DOI

Thesis or Dissertation: Print

Author(s). Date. Title [content designator]. Place of publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example

Ruscito A. 2015. Selection of DNA aptamers for mycotoxins [master's thesis]. Ottawa ON: Carleton University.

Thesis or Dissertation: Electronic

Note: When citing an electronic thesis or dissertation, use the extent and notes sections to insert a URL, DOI, or to indicate alternative sources such as databases.

Author(s). Date. Title [content designator]. Place of publication: Publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD, accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

Brenna JM. 2007. When can genetic information be used to measure inter-population movement. Ottawa ON: Carleton University. [accessed 2019 Mar 30]. doi: 10.22215/etd/2007-06195.

Note: This page deals with CSE style citation in the Name-Year system. Click here for Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name.

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• Encyclopedia or Dictionary Entry
• Patents
• Scientific, Government, and Technical Reports

Patents

Author(s), inventor(s); patent holder, assignee. Date. Title of patent. Country issuing the patent Country Code patent number.

Example

Couperthwaite S, Lotfi S, inventors; Condair Group AG, assignee. 2017. Dual-stage humidifier methods and systems. Canada CA 2967262.

Government Reports

Author(s) or editor(s). Date. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD; accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

[WPCD] Water Policy and Coordination Directorate. 2003. Mercury: fishing for answers. Ottawa (ON): Environment Canada. [updated 2013 ; accessed 2019 Mar 29]. http://publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.686398&sl=0.

Scientific or Technical Reports

Author(s) or editor(s). Date. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. Extent. Report No.: Notes.

Example

Peterson B, Robert T. 2016. Household risk assessment model. Ottawa (ON): Bank of Canada. [accessed 2019 Apr 4]. 68 p. Technical Report no. 106. https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2016/09/technical-report-106/

Note: This page deals with CSE style citation in the Name-Year system. Click here for Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name.

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• General Guidelines
• Website
• Blog
• Database
• Online video
• Dataset

General Guidelines

Although online documents such as websites or documents may differ from print books or journals, the basic methods of citation remain the same.

• Update and access dates (e.g. [Date updated; Date accessed] must be included when citing an online resource. If no update date is available, simply enter in the date accessed.
• A URL or DOI (Digital Object Identifier) must be included in the "Notes" field when citing an online reference.

Website

Title of Homepage. Date. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD; accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

Home - Council of Science Editors. c2019. Oakbrook Terrace (IL): Council of Science Editors. [accessed 2019 Mar 29]. https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/

Blog

Author’s name. Date. Title of post [content designator]. Title of blog. [updated YYYY MMM DD; accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

Lewis R. 2019 Jan 31. 300th post at DNA science today [blog]. DNA Science Blog. [accessed 2019 Mar 29]. https://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/2019/01/31/300th-post-at-dna-science-today/

Database

Title of Database. Beginning date - ending date. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD; accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

Drug Product Database. 2012 - . Ottawa (ON): Public Health. [updated 2018 Dec 14; accessed 2019 Mar 29]. https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-eng.jsp

Online Video

Title [content designator]. Date posted, length. Program title (if available). Producer. [updated YYYY MMM DD; accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

Conference by professor Paul r. Elrich. Population, environment, ethics: where we stand now [video]. 2016 May 6, 1:32:52. UNILTV. [accessed 2019 Mar 29]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV0W7knhLmE

Dataset

Author(s). Date. Title [content designator]. Place of publication: Publisher. [updated YYYY MMM DD; accessed YYYY MMM DD]. Extent. Notes.

Example

Gao J, Rivadenera F, Rondon GR. 2018. The government of canada debt securities data set [data set]. Ottawa (ON): Bank of Canada. [accessed 2019 Mar 29]. https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2018/02/technical-report-112/

On this page

• Using Name-Year
• Formatting your reference list
• Sample reference list

Always include a reference list with full bibliographic information for all cited sources at the end of your report.

The sample reference list found below is formatted according to the Name-Year system. Be sure to be consistent throughout your assignment in whichever style you chose to use.

If you wish to cite using the Citation-Sequence system, click here

If you wish to cite using the Citation-Name system, click here

Using Name-Year

• References must be unnumbered
• Order references alphabetically by author surname

Formatting your reference list

• Place your reference list at the end of your document
• Begin the reference list on a new page with the title "References" centered in the page.
• Keep the first line flush with the left-hand margin
• Indent successive lines 1.27cm (also called a hanging indent)

References

Alves R, editor. Advances in bioinformatics and computational biology. 2018. 11th Brazilian symposium on bioinformatics; 2019 oct 30 - nov 1; Niterói (Brazil). Cham (Switzerland): Springer International Publishing. [accessed 2019 Mar 25]. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01722-4

Conference by professor Paul r. Elrich. Population, environment, ethics: where we stand now [video]. 2016 May 6, 1:32:52. UNILTV. [accessed 2019 Mar 29]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV0W7knhLmE

Cotterell B, Kamminga J. 1990. Mechanics of pre-industrial technology: an introduction to the mechanics of ancient and traditional material culture. Cambridge (United Kingdom): Cambridge University Press.

Drug Product Database. 2012 - . Ottawa (ON): Public Health. [updated 2018 Dec 14; accessed 2019 Mar 29]. https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-eng.jsp

Moroz A. 2012. The common extremalities in biology and physics: maximum energy dissipation principle in chemistry, biology, physics and evolution. London (United Kingdom): Elsevier. Ch. 2.3.2, On vector formulation of additive control; p. 97-99.

Peterson B, Robert T. 2016. Household risk assessment model. Ottawa (ON): Bank of Canada. 68 p. Technical Report no. 106. https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2016/09/technical-report-106/