Biology 153 (Beaster-Jones)

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There are three different types of CSE / Science style. These are citation-sequence; citation-name; and name-year. The names of the style types correspond to their organization. The version you use will depend on your assignment, class, professor's preference, or publication need.

Writer's Handbook, University of Wisconsin - Madison

In-Text Citations

In citation-sequence, references should be indicated by a number that corresponds to the number of the reference in the bibliography. The in-text citation "1" (see example) directs the reader to the first reference in the reference list.

In citation-name, references are listed alphabetically in the reference list, but then referred to by number in the text. [Example: Gopher snakes can be found in a variety of habitats (68); and will hunt frogs on occasion (14).]

In name-year, use author last name and date of publication in in-text citations. [Example: Some studies have shown that dogs experience love (Weingarten and Pierce 2007).] Items in the reference list should be listed alphabetically.

Writer's Handbook, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Reference List...

• Should be named "References" or "Cited References"
• Include additional list of items that were consulted but not cited; this should be called "Additional Resources" and should be organized alphabetically by author last name
• Generally article  information is listed in this order: Author. Name of article. Journal title Date; Volume(Issue): page number(s). See examples on the side. More examples can be found here.

Examples and more instructions can be found at:

Writer's Handbook page, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Dakota State University CSE Citation Styles