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Citing Your Sources:
CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style
Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors,
Editors, and Publishers
Style Manual Committee, Council of Science Editors. 7th ed.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. 
Science & Engineering Library XT11.S386 2006
See Chapter 29- References (pp. 490-575).
Information about citing electronic sources appears on pages 552-564. Additional examples are provided in many
other guides including:
Online!
Citation Styles
CSE style has three variations: the Citation-Sequence
system (see page 492) the Name-Year system (see pages 492-495) and the Citation-Name system (see page 495-496).
The following examples use the Name-Year system.
CSE citation style has two parts: in-text citation and a reference list.
The in-text citation includes the last name of the author(s) and the year of publication of the document enclosed in parentheses.
in-text citation:
(Sawin 2004)
The reference list is included at the end of the document. Reference list entries are arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the author, editor, or other individual or entity. Names are formatted as Last, Initials.
reference list entry:
Sawin, JL. 2004. Mainstreaming renewable energy in the 21st century. Washington, DC. Worldwatch Institute. 76 p.
Books
General format:
Author/editor. Year. Title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher.
#pages.
Example:
Sorensen, B. 2004. Renewable energy : its physics, engineering,
use, environmental impacts, economy, and planning aspects. 3rd ed.
Boston : Elsevier Academic Press. 928 p.
Chapter or other part of a book
General format:
Author of selection. Year. Title of selection. In: Author/editor
of book. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: publisher.
Pages of selection.
Example:
Singleton P, Sainsbury D. 2001. Dictionary of microbiology
and molecular biology. 3rd ed. New York: J Wiley. Plasmid; p 593-4.
Conference proceedings
General format:
Editor. Year. Title of publication or conference. Name
of conference; dates of conference; place of conference. Place of
publication: publisher. Total number of pages.
Example:
Dubois DM, editor. 2004. Computing anticipatory systems.
CASYS 2003 - Sixth International Conference; 2003 August 11-16;
Liege, Belgium. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics. 602
p.
Conference papers
General format:
Author of the paper. Date of publication. Title of the paper. Connective
phrase [In]: editor of the proceedings. Title of the publication,
or name of conference, or both; dates of the conference; place of
the conference. Place of publication: publisher. Paper pages.
Example:
Rossler OE. 2004. Nonlinear dynamics, artificial cognition
and galactic export. In: Dubois DM, editor. Computing anticipatory
systems. CASYS 2003 - Sixth International Conference; 2003 August
11-16; Liege, Belgium. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics.
p 47-67.
Online journal article
General format:
Author. Year (or Date). Title of article. Title of journal. Volume
and issue number. Page numbers. URL in angle brackets. Date accessed.
Example:
Cavalcanti A. 2003. Assembly automation with evolutionary
nanorobots and sensor-based control applied to nanomedicine. 2(2).
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 82 - 87. Available
from: IEEE Xplore <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/iel5/7729/27128/01204819.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1204819&isnumber=27128>
Accessed 2005 April 8
Journal Articles (Print format)
General format:
Author. Year (or Date). Title of article. Title of
journal volume number (issue number): page numbers.
Example:
Bisagni C, Mirandola, C. 2005. Experimental and numerical
investigation of crash behavior of composite helicopter cruciform
elements. Journal of the American Helicopter Society 50(1): 107-116.
Websites
General format:
Author. Title [medium]. Place of Publication: Publisher;
Date of Publication [Date of update/Date of citation]. Availability.
Example:
Animal Welfare Information Center [Internet]. Beltsville
(MD): National Agricultural Library (US); [updated 2005 April 14;
cited 2005 April 15]. Available from: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/.