Write in-text citations for books, chapters, ebooks or dissertation/theses referenced in scientific papers with parenthetical notes. The Ohio State University Libraries provides examples of in-text citations for these items. Enter the author(s) and publication date in parentheses, for example, "(McCormac and Kennedy 2004)," but do not use quotation marks. Place in-text citations at the end of the sentence including the referenced material.
Add a corresponding bibliographic reference for a book. Enter the author's last name first, followed by a comma and the first name or initials. End with a period. Enter the book title followed by a period. Add the city of publication followed by the state in parentheses. Use abbreviated capitalized state format. Enter a colon after the state, followed by the publisher and a period. Write the page number(s). Precede numerals with "p." (Do not use quotation marks.) The Ohio State Libraries gives an example of a CSE book bibliography: McCormac JS, Kennedy G. 2004. Birds of Ohio. Auburn (WA): Lone Pine. p. 77-78.
Enter a cited electronic book in your bibliography beginning with the author's last name first, followed by a comma, the first name or initials and a period. Enter the name of the ebook only capitalizing the first word in the title. Place "Internet" in brackets [Internet] and follow with a period. Add the city of publication followed by the abbreviated state in parentheses and a colon, for example, Denver (CO):. Enter the publisher with a semicolon and the publication year. Write in brackets the date cited in the following way: [cited 2012 April 19]. Close with a period. Close by entering "Available from: (URL)." Do not close with a period. Do not use quotation marks.
Add a dissertation or thesis to a scientific research paper bibliography. Enter the author's name, with last name first. Add the dissertation or thesis publication date, followed with a period. Enter the reference work title capitalizing only the first word. Place "dissertation" in brackets, for instance, [dissertation], ending with a period. Enter the city and state of publication in the following way: [Albany (NY)]:. Follow the colon with the publisher, ending with a period. End with page number(s) as follows: p. 2-29.