CSE Name-Year Citation Style

Chapter within a Book/Ebook (Each chapter is written by different authors)

• Suggested for sources like Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia or Birds of the World when only one chapter or section is used, and each chapter is written by different authors.*
• Notice and follow the capitalization, punctuation, and spacing between elements.
• The sample article was retrieved from a library database (or online source). If your chapter is from a print book, omit the access date and URL.

*See Formatting FAQs when sources are written by 1, 2, or 3 or more authors

Elements of an End Reference Citation 

1. Authors. Multiple authors are separated by commas and end with a period.
2. Date. 
3. Chapter title. Notice capitalization.
4. In: Editors' Names, editors. Include the words "In" and ", editor(s)."
5. Book Title. Notice capitalization.
6. Publication info such as edition # if available, City (State) of Publisher: Publisher.
7. Volume number.  Use the abbreviation Vol. if it is a multivolume work. 
8. [Date accessed]; Notice wording and date format.
9. Page numbers. 
10. URL. 

Example of an End Reference Citation

Halliday TR. 2004. Newtsand European salamanders (Salamandridae). In: Hutchins M, Evans AV, Jackson JA,

Kleiman DG, Murphy JB, Thoney DA, et al., editors. Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Vol.6.

Detroit (MI): Gale; [accessed 2021 Mar 21]. p. 363-375.  https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3406700389/

GVRL?u=live10669&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=ac95c7e3.

Example of an In-Text Citation

In-text citations should be placed next to the source which is being referenced. These are just two of several options for varying your writing:

• At the end of the sentence that contains information from the source list the author(s) and the year  (Halliday 2004).
• In this sentence Halliday (2004) the author has already been referenced so the date can be placed directly after the name.

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Book/Ebook (Citing the entire work or chapter that is written by the same author)

• Use these examples when citing a book or chapter of a book written by the same author(s).*
• Notice and follow the capitalization, punctuation, and spacing between elements.
• An ebook was used for the examples. If you consulted a print book, omit the access date and URL.

*See Formatting FAQs when sources are written by 1, 2, or 3 or more authors

Elements of an End Reference Citation 

1. Authors. Multiple authors are separated by commas and end with a period.
2. Date. 
3. Book Title. Notice capitalization.
4. Publication info such as edition # if available, City (State) of Publisher: Publisher; 
5. Volume number. Use the abbreviation Vol. if it is a multivolume work.
6. [Date accessed]; Notice wording and date format.
7. If citing just one part of the book, Chapter number, Chapter name; Page numbers preceded by "p. ". Notice capitalization.
8. URL. 

Examples of End Reference Citation

Entire book 

Weis JS, Butler CA. 2009. Salt marshes: a natural and unnatural history. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers

University Press; [accessed 2021 Mar 21]. http://lpclibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.

ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=449340&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_171.

Chapter within the book

Weis JS, Butler CA. 2009. Salt marshes: a natural and unnatural history. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers

University Press; [accessed 2021 Mar 21]. Chapter 6, Biological alterations: non-indigenous

species; p. 150-172. http://lpclibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=449340&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_171.

Example of an In-Text Citation

In-text citations should be placed next to the source which is being referenced. These are just two of several options for varying your writing:

• At the end of the sentence that contains information from the source, list the author(s) and the year (Weis and Butler 2009).
• An in-text citation can be put in the middle of a sentence immediately after the information (Weis and Butler 2009) as this one shows.

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Websites

• References to websites and other online formats follow the same general principles as for printed references, with the addition of a date of update/revision (if available) along with an access date and a URL.
• Often key elements of a citation are missing from websites. Include whatever information you are able to find so that your readers can verify your source.

Elements of an End Reference Citation 

1. Authors, if available. Multiple authors are separated by commas and end with a period.
2. Title of homepage. Notice capitalization.
3. Date of publication.*
4. Place of publication includes city and state abbreviation: Publisher;
5. [date updated; date accessed]. Notice wording and date format.
6. URL.

*If no date of publication can be determined, either use a copyright date (if available), preceded by “c” OR use "[date unknown]."

Examples of End Reference Citation

Example 1

Living with wildlife. c2022. Walnut Creek (CA): Lindsey Wildlife Experience; [accessed 2007 Apr 1].

https://lindsaywildlife.org/living-wildlife/.

Example 2

Migratory monarch butterfly now endangered - IUCN Red List. 2022 Jul 21. Gland (CH): International Union for 

Conservation of Nature; [accessed 2022 Oct 3]. https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202207/

migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered-iucn-red-list.

Example of an In-Text Citation

• For the in-text reference, include only the first word or two of the title (enough to distinguish it from other titles in the reference list), followed by an ellipsis.
  • Example: (Migratory monach...2022)
• If no date is available, use [date unknown].
• • Example: (A sample website...[date unknown])

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Online Videos and Other Media

Elements of an End Reference Citation 

1. Title of the video or media. Notice capitalization and no period before the medium designation.
2. [medium type such as video or image].
3. Date posted/copyrighted, length of video.
4. Title of program or series, if applicable.
5. Producer.
6. [accessed YYYY Mon DD].
7. URL.

*If no date of publication can be determined, either use a copyright date (if available), preceded by “c” OR use "[date unknown]."

Examples of End Reference Citation

Video is part of a series or program (such as Planet Earth or Nova) 

Roots create soil [video]. 2012, 49:44 minutes. How to grow a planet. BBC Worldwide Learning. [accessed

2022 Oct 1]. https://fod-infobase-com.lpclibrary.idm.oclc.org/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=52495&loid=19151#.

Video without a series or program name

Dive into the deep: video lesson [video]. 2021 Nov 29, 9:17 minutes. Monterey Bay Aquarium. [accessed

2021 Sep 3]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7xZV6sRCI&t=8s.

Example of an In-Text Citation

• For the in-text reference, include only the first word or two of the title (enough to distinguish it from other titles in the reference list), followed by an ellipsis.
  • Example: (Roots create soil 2012)
  • Example: (Dive into the deep...2021)

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Images

Elements of an End Reference Citation 

1. Title of the image. Notice capitalization and no period before the medium designation.
2. [medium type: image].
3. Date posted/copyrighted
4. Producer.
5. [accessed YYYY Mon DD].
6. URL.

*If no date of publication can be determined, either use a copyright date (if available), preceded by “c” OR use "[date unknown]."

Example of End Reference Citation

Bet on black. Darker colored pigeons may be able to better detox heavy metals from their bloodstreams than their

        lighter kin, leading to their prevalence in urban environments. [image]. 2014. Science. [accessed

        2023 Feb 8]. https://www.science.org/content/article/why-dark-pigeons-rule-streets.

Example of an In-Text Citation

• For the in-text reference, include only the first word or two of the title (enough to distinguish it from other titles in the reference list), followed by an ellipsis.
  • Example: (Bet on black...2014)

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