Digital sources

These examples use the citation-sequence or citation-name system. To adapt them to the name-year system, delete the note number and place the revision date immediately after the author’s name.

The basic entry for most sources accessed through the Internet should include the following elements:

12. material from an online database

For the basic format for citing an article from a database, see the source map on pp. 534–35. (Because CSE does not provide guidelines for citing an article from an online database, this model has been adapted from CSE guidelines for citing an online journal article.)

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13. article in an online journal

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14. article in an online newspaper

14. Brody JE. Reasons, and remedies, for morning sickness. New York Times Online [Internet]. 2004 Apr 27 [cited 2009 Apr 30]. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/health/27BROD.html

15. online book

15. Patrick TS, Allison JR, Krakow GA. Protected plants of Georgia [Internet]. Social Circle (GA): Georgia Department of Natural Resources; c1995 [cited 2010 Dec 3]. Available from: http://www.georgiawildlife.com/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=89&txtPage=9

To cite a portion of an online book, give the name of the part after the publication information: Chapter 6, Encouraging germination. See model 6.

16. web site

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17. government web site

17. Health disparities: reducing health disparities in cancer [Internet]. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); 2010 [updated 2010 Apr 5; cited 2010 May 1]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/healthdisparities/basic_info/disparities.htm