CSE reference list example. Basic format, name-year system. [Begin with the author, last name plus initials, followed by period] Horgan J. [year, followed by period] 1993. [article title, followed by period] Eugenics revisited. [journal title, abbreviated, followed by period] Sci Am. [volume, issue (issue in parentheses), colon, page numbers] 268(6):122-130.