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Citation Guide Old: How to cite JOURNALS

Journals

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation YearVolume, Inclusive Pagination.

  • Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented
  • Not all publications require the article title to be included in the reference. Review the specific journal's guidelines.
  • To obtain a journal's abbreviation, use the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI) search tool (http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp).

Examples

Nitiss, J.L. Targeting DNA topoisomerase II in cancer chemotherapy. Nat. Rev. Cancer 20099, 338-350.

Ehmann, D.E.; Lahiri, S.D. Novel compounds targeting bacterial DNA topoisomerase/DNA gyrase. Curr. Opin. Pharmacol. 201418, 76-83.

[without title]

Iijima, S. Nature 1991354, 56-58.

Online Journals

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation [online] YearVolume, Inclusive Pagination or other identifying information, such as article number. Database Provider. URL (accessed Month Day, Year).

  • Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented
  • Not all publications require the article title to be included in the reference. Review the specific journal's guidelines.
  • To obtain a journal's abbreviation, use the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI) search tool (http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp).

Examples

Nitiss, J.L. Targeting DNA topoisomerase II in cancer chemotherapy. Nat. Rev. Cancer [online] 20099, 338-350. Science Direct. http://www.elsevier.com/scidirect/loramipsum.asp (accessed July 4, 2016).

Ehmann, D.E.; Lahiri, S.D. Novel compounds targeting bacterial DNA topoisomerase/DNA gyrase. Curr. Opin. Pharmacol. 201418, 76-83. Science Direct. http://www.elsevier.com/scidirect/loramipsum.asp (accessed July 4, 2016).