The CSE Style Guide (Council of Science Editors), also called the Scientific Style and Format guide is one of the main style guides used when citing resources in a research paper for many of the natural sciences.  (It was formerly called the CBE style or manual.)

VIU Biology instructors request that Biol 305 & Biol 491 students use the Journal of Parasitology as a guide when formating their papers (including the reference citations).  This journal uses a version of the CSE style:

The complete CSE print guide is located in the VIU Library:

Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. (Council of Science Editors), 2006,  8^th edition.

Call Number   T 11 S386 2014  (Stacks – 4^th floor)

The following links go to brief online guides for the CSE style (8th ed.):