CSE reference list example. Unpublished dissertation or thesis: citation-sequence and citation-name. [number] 19. [author, last name plus initials, followed by period] Warner DA. [thesis title, followed by the label “master's thesis” in brackets and a period] Phenotypes and survival of hatchling lizards [master’s thesis]. [place of institution, followed by colon] Blacksburg: institution followed by semicolon] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; [date of degree, followed by period] 2001 Jan 16.