CSE Harvard: Citing Other Sources

  1. Website
  2. Online Database
  3. Conference Paper Published in Conference Proceedings
  4. Technical Report
  5. Dissertation or Thesis
  6. Lab Manual
  7. Lecture

Website

General Format:

Author (s). Date of publication. Title of Page. Edition. Place of publication: publisher; [date updated; date accessed]. Notes.

Example:

Anco, DJ. 2018. Continuing consideration of co-infection and multiple pests. APS Features. St. Paul (MN): American Phytopathological Association; [updated 2018 April; accessed 2018 May 30]. doi:10.1094/APSFeature-2018-4. 

Online Database

General Format:

Title of database. Beginning date-ending date. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. [date updated; date accessed]. Notes.

Example:

Canadian health characteristics, annual estimates, by age group and sex, Canada. 2015-2016. Canada; Statistics Canada. [date updated 2017 Sept 19; accessed 2018 May 30]. http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a05?lang=eng&id=1050508.

Conference Paper Published in Conference Proceedings

General format:

Author(s) of paper. Date. Title of paper. In: Editor(s). Title of book. Name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: publisher. Notes.

Example:

Bruce M. 2009. Radiation chemistry in solvent extraction systems. In: American Nuclear Energy. Nuclear Power: crafting energy solutions; 2009 Nov 15-19; Washington DC. Washington (DC): American Nuclear Society.

Technical Report

General format:

Author(s) (performing organization name and address) Date. Title of report. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. Extent Report No.: Contract No.: Notes.

Example:

Warren R, Winne S, Anderson D, Barker T, Foxon T, Pan H. 2006. Linking air pollution with climate change. Norwich (UK): Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Report 53.

Dissertation or Thesis

General format:

Author(s). Date. Title of dissertation or thesis [content designator]. Place of publication: publisher. Extent. Notes.

Example:

Cathcart H. 2015. Acidification of Lakes in Northern Saskatchewan: An Assessment of Sensitivity and Risk from Acidic Deposition [master’s thesis]. Peterborough (ON): Trent University.

Lab Manual

The CSE Manual does not contain an example of how to use a lab manual for a reference source; the example below is based on the general guidelines presented by the Council of Science Educators.

General format:

Author(s). Editor, or professor. Year. Title of lab manual [lab manual]. Place of Publication: Publisher.

Example:

Dorken M. and Nol E. 2014 Fall. Laboratory Manual for Biology 1020H [lab manual]. Peterborough (ON): Trent University.

Lecture

The CSE Manual does not contain an example of how to use lecture content as a reference source; the example below is based on the general guidelines presented by the Council of Science Educators.

General format:

Lecturer’s name. Date of lecture. Title of lecture [Lecture]. Place of lecture: University of lecture.

Example:

Schindler D, lecturer. 2010 Mar 23. The ebb and flow of science and communication: from detergents to tar sands [lecture]. Peterborough (ON): Trent University.

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