Online posting

Citation-sequence and citation-name

16. Buxbaum E. Bradford protein assay in membrane crystals. In: BIOSCI/Bionet: protein-analysis [discussion list on the Internet]. Bloomington: Indiana University; 2005 Jan 26, 10:45 am [cited 2005 Jun 22]; [about 16 lines]. Available from: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/proteins/2005-January/000010.html

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  • Online postings include messages to e-mail discussion lists (often called Listservs), Web forums, newsgroups, or bulletin boards. CSE does not provide guidelines for including postings in the reference list, but the following formatting is consistent with other CSE advice.

  • Begin with the author initiating the message and the subject line of the message. Next use the word “In:” followed by the name of the host system and in brackets the phrase “discussion list on the Internet.”

  • Give the place where the discussion list is issued and the individual or organization that hosts the discussion list.

  • Provide the date and time the message was posted, the date you accessed it, and the length of the message in screens, paragraphs, lines, or bytes.

  • End with the phrase “Available from:” followed by the e-mail address by which the list can be accessed or the URL at which the list is archived.

  • Do not use a period at the end of a URL unless the URL ends in a slash.

Name-year

Buxbaum E. 2005 Jan 26, 10:45 am. Bradford protein assay in membrane crystals. In: BIOSCI/Bionet: protein-analysis [discussion list on the Internet]. Bloomington: Indiana University; [cited 2005 Jun 22]; [about 16 lines]. Available from: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/proteins/2005-January/000010.html

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Explain

  • Online postings include messages to e-mail discussion lists (often called Listservs), Web forums, newsgroups, or bulletin boards. CSE does not provide guidelines for including postings in the reference list, but the following formatting is consistent with other CSE advice.

  • Begin with the author initiating the message and the subject line of the message. Next give the date and time the message was posted.

  • Use the word “In:” followed by the name of the host system and in brackets the phrase “discussion list on the Internet.”

  • Give the place where the discussion list is issued and the individual or organization that hosts the discussion list.

  • Provide the date you accessed the message and the length of the message in screens, paragraphs, lines, or bytes.

  • End with the phrase “Available from:” followed by the e-mail address by which the list can be accessed or the URL at which the list is archived.

  • Do not use a period at the end of a URL unless the URL ends in a slash.

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