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Citing Your Sources

Resources to assist in citing your sources and managing references.

Quick and General Style Guides

CSE Style Quick Guide (9th edition)
U of Alberta guide - Name-Year system
CSE Style Quick Guide: CSUDH University Library (9th ed.)
Name-Year, Citation-Name, Citation-Sequence systems

Official CSE Style Resources

The CSE (Council of Science Editors) is the one of the main style guides/manuals used for citing resources in the natural sciences. It was formerly called the CBE style or manual.

Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers, 9th ed, by Council of Science Editors

Official CSE Style Quick Guide (9th edition)

Journal Title Abbreviations & Acronyms

ISI Journal Title Abbreviations
Journal Abbreviations - (UBC)
CASSI: Cas Source Index Search Tool
- use this tool to "identify or confirm journal titles and abbreviations for publications indexed by CAS since 1907, including serial and non-serial scientific and technical publications"

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