The purpose of citing sources is to give credit to the author and to enable a reader to find the material cited. The library has created this guide to provide our students with online examples for citing different types of sources.
Examples represent the name-year system.
The name and date are enclosed in parentheses. Ask your instructor which heading to use for references. Format Examples of references in the CBE Scientific style and format publication are not indented. In scientific journals, references are usually set flush and hang . This means that the first line of each item is set flush left and all runover lines are indented under it, usually about 3 spaces.