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Citing Sources

This guide offers resources to help you document the sources you're citing in your research papers and projects.

CSE Style Overview

The CSE citation style is typically used by scholars in the natural science fields such as Biology and Environmental Studies. It is established by the Council of Science Editors.

 

How to Format Your Paper

CSE style has three variations, which refer to how sources are cited in-text and how they are ordered in the bibliography.

  • Name-Year (N-Y): In-text citations look like this: (Johnson 2017). Bibliography is alphabetical, and year appears after author name in the bibliography citation.
  • Citation-Sequence (C-S): In-text citations are superscripts1. Bibliography is in the order sources are cited in the paper, and year appears later in the citation.
  • Citation-Name (C-N): In-text citations are superscripts2. Bibliography is alphabetical and numbered in that order, and year appears later in the citation.

 

CSE 8th Paper Templates

Use the templates below to format your papers in the appropriate CSE 8th style.

Note that some elements (like an appendix) are not necessary for certain papers. Omit pieces of the template when necessary and at the discretion of your instructor.  

Journal Abbreviations

Journal titles must be abbreviated in CSE citations.