Proper citing is more important than just getting a good grade on a proper. When you give someone proper credit for their work, you are joining in on the scholarly conversation! You are contributing towards the scientific community in a positive way. A community, that you as a student and scholar have already joined.
Bonus: Proper attribution substantially adds to the credibility and accuracy of your writing!
Use the citation style of the journal Limnology and Oceanography.
Examples of correct citations from The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography:
Article (no DOI) - Print Only:
Fenchel, T. 1986. Protozoan filter feeding. Prog. Protistol. 1: 65-113.
Wilson, S. G., and A. R. Martin. 2004. Body markings of the whale shark, vestigial or functional. West. Aust. Nat. 124: 118–134.
Articles with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
De Pol-Holz, R., O. Ulloa, L. Dezileau, J. Kaiser, F. Lamy, and D. Hebbeln. 2006. Melting of the patagonian ice sheet and deglacial perturbations of the nitrogen cycle in the eastern South Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33: 15-32, doi:10.1029/2005GL024477
Beutler, M., and others. 2002. A fluorometric method for the differentiation of algal populations in vivo and in situ. Photosynth. Res. 72: 39–53. doi:10.1023/A:1016026607048
Book:
Stumm, W., and J. Morgan. 1981. Aquatic chemistry, 2nd ed. Wiley.
Goldberg, E. D. 1985. Black carbon in the environment: Properties and distribution. Wiley-Interscience.
Book Chapter:
Author Surname, Author Initial. Year Published. Chapter Title, p. Pages Used. In Title. Publisher.
Codispoti, L. A. 1983. Nitrogen in upwelling systems, p. 513-564. In E. J. Carpenter and D. G. Capone [eds.], Nitrogen in the marine environment. Academic.
Bryson, R. A., and K. F. Hare. 1974. Climates of North America, p. 5–12. In H. E. Landsberg [ed.], World survey of climatology . Elsevier Scientific, New York.
Gonfiantini, R. 1986. Environmental isotopes in lake studies, p. 113–168. In P. Fritz and J. C. Fontes [eds.], Handbook of environmental geochemistry, vol. 2: The terrestrial environment. B. Elsevier Science, New York.
Encyclopedia entry:
Author Surname, Author Initial. Year Published. Title. Publication Title Pages Used.
Report:
Sacks, L.A. 2002. Estimating ground-water inflow to lakes in central Florida using the isotope mass-balance approach. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 02- 4192.
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. 2010. Alberta irrigation information: Facts and figures for the year 2009. Government of Alberta.
Website:
U.S. Ocean Commission. 2004. An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century [accessed 2015]. Available from http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/oceancommission/documents/full_color_rpt/welcome.html
Online access to a Print Journal
Most of the Journals we have online are actually duplicate copies of the print version of the Journal. That is, you are simply getting electronic access to a Journal we may have on our shelves.
Online Only
This journal was born digital. It only ever existed in the online world.
How do I know the difference?
It has become a lot harder to tell the difference as print and their elecotronic journal counterparts are starting to be formatted the same. Eventually, there may be no need to distinguish the two. Until then, here are some tips to differentiate the two:
Do I cite them differently?
Yes!
If you want to use a piece of information in an article (Article A.) which the author of Article A has cited (from Article B), you need to:
What if you can't find Article B? (best option: make an Interlibrary Loans request for the article)
