Guidelines
In the citation-name system, superscripted numbers are inserted at the point of reference as in the citation sequence system. However, the citations are numbered alphabetically (not by order of appearance) by the author's last name in the cited works for the paper.
Citing Articles
Author(s). Article title. Abbreviated journal title. Date;volume(issue):page numbers.
Example:
Kesselheim AS, Solomon DH. Incentives for drug development: the curious case of colchicine. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 3;362(22):2045-2047.
Author(s). Article title. Abbreviated journal title. Publication Date [accessed date];volume(issue):page numbers. URL
Example:
Castonguay LG, Boswell JF, Constantino MJ, Goldfried MR, Hill CE. Training implications of harmful effects of psychological treatments. Am Psychol. 2010 Jan [accessed 2010 Oct 24]; 65(1):34-49. http://libproxy.highpoint.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=amp-65-1-34&site=ehost-live DOI: 10.1037/a0017330
Search the journal name in the CAS source Index Look Up Tool to find the correct Journal Title Abbreviation. You can locate the name of the journal on the database you are using. The journal name and publication information is usually located near the title of the article on the webpage.
Example:
I am citing this article I found on the database ProQuest. I found the journal name (Journal of the Endocrine Society) near the top of the page where the title of the article is.
I can search the name of the journal in the CAS source Index Look Up Tool to find the correct abbreviation.
After clicking search, the webpage will display the record for the publication. I can see the abbreviated title in the third row.
Citing Books
Author. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; date.
Example:
Mader S. Inquiry into life. 9th ed. Boston (MA): McGraw-Hill; 2000.
Authors. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; date.
Example:
Misner C, Thorne K, Wheeler J. Gravitation. San Francisco (CA): W. H. Freeman; 1973.
Author(s) of chapter. Title of chapter. In: editor(s) name, editor(s). Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, date. p. page numbers of the chapters.
Example:
Vollmer G. On supposed circularities in an empirically oriented epistemology. In: Radnitzky G, Bartley WW 3rd, editors. Evolutionary epistemology, rationality, and the sociology of knowledge. La Salle (IL): Open Court; 1987. p. 163-202.
Author(s). Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; date [accessed date]. URL
Example:
Murray RK, Bender DA, Botham KM, Kennelly PJ, Rodwell VW, Weil PA. Harper’s illustrated biochemistry [Internet]. 28th ed. New York (NY): McGraw-Hill Medical; 2009 [accessed 2010 Oct 14]. http://www.netlibrary.com
Citing Other Content Types
Title of the webpage. Place of publication: Publisher; date [date updated; accessed date]. URL
Example:
ACS Green Chemistry Institute. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society; c2010 [accessed 2010 Oct 27]. http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/greenchemistry/index.htm
Author(s) name. Title of dissertation or thesis [content designator - dissertation or thesis]. Place of publication: Publisher; date.
Example:
Harry SR. Bioanalytical approaches to chemical biology [dissertation]. Nashville (TN): Vanderbilt University; 2010.
What is content designator?
- type [dissertation] for dissertations
- type [thesis] for thesis
- you are just identifying what type of content you are referencing
Author(s) name. Title of report. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; date. Report No.: Notes.
Example:
Barbely NL, Sim BW, Kitaplioglu C, Goulding P 2nd. A study of acoustic reflections in full-scale rotor low frequency noise measurements acquired in wind tunnels. Moffett Field (CA): NASA Ames Research Center (US); 2010 Jan 20. Report No.: ARC-E-DAA-TN1156. Available from: NTRS, Hanover, MD; 20100026469.
Author(s) of paper. Title of paper. In: Editor(s). Title of book. Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher; date. Location. p. page numbers of the paper.
Example:
Wagner M, Taylor MW. Isotopic-labelling methods for deciphering the function of uncultured micro-organisms. In: Gadd GM, Semple KT, Lappin-Scott HM, editors. Micro-organisms and earth systems—advances in geomicrobiology. Proceedings of the 65th Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology; 2005 Sept 12-14; Staffordshire (England). New York (NY): Cambridge University Press. p. 1-10.
Author(s) of paper. Title of paper [abstract]. In: Editor(s). Title of book. Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher; date. Location. p. page numbers of the paper.
Example:
Flint HJ. The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastrointestinal tract [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 66th Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology; 2006 Apr 3-6; Coventry (UK). Cambridge (UK): University Press. p. 3.
Title of audiovisual [video]. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; date [accessed date]. URL
Example:
NOVA: life’s greatest miracle [video]. Boston (MA): WGBH Educational Foundation; 2001 [accessed 2010 Nov 8]. media.nclive.org/play_video.php?vid=140
Author(s) name. Title of audiovisual [DVD]. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; date. Physical description. Notes.
Example:
Moyers BD, Hogan P, Firestone F, Ablow G, Amron A, Oneill JD, Moyers JD. Bill Moyers reports: earth on edge [DVD]. Princeton (NJ): Films for the Humanities & Sciences; 2002. 1 videodisc: 120 min, sound, color, 4 ¾ in.