CSE reference list example. Basic format, citation-name system. [Begin with the number of the entry in the alphabetically arranged reference list] 1. [authors, last names plus initials] Ennos R, Sheffield E. [book title, followed by period] Plant life. [place of publication, followed by colon] Boston: [publisher, followed by semicolon] Blackwell Scientific; [year] 2000.[Entry 2; begin with the number of the entry in the reference list] 2. [authors, last names plus initial(s)] Horgan J. [article title, followed by period] Eugenics revisited. [journal title, abbreviated, followed by period] Sci Am. [year, followed by semicolon, volume and issue (issue in parentheses), colon, page numbers] 1993;268(6):122-130.[Entry 3; begin with the number of the entry in the reference list] 3. [author, last name plus initial(s)] Melchias G. [book title, followed by period] Biodiversity and conservation. [place of publication, followed by colon] Enfield (NH): [publisher, followed by semicolon] Science; [year] 2001.