Short presentation with tips and tricks to learning how to read citations and understand what you are looking at in terms of sources.

1. Learning to
Read Citations
Trisha Prevett
Spring 2014
Alvin Sherman Library

2. Same Info, Different Styles
 Title of work
 Author(s)
 Year of publication
 Volume and/or Issue numbers
 Publisher & Page numbers

3. Look for Hints
 If it has a publisher, or place of
publication = BOOK or BOOK Chapter
 Volume/Issue numbers i.e.: 35(3) = Journal
Article
 If it includes a month (Sept 2007) can =
newsletter or monthly type of publication
 Unsure? GOOGLE IT! i.e. journal title
abbreviations : J N Am Benthol Soc =
Journal of the North American
Benthological Society

4. Journal Article Example
Sklar, F. H., Chimney, M. J., Newman, S., McCormick, P.,
Gawlik, D., Miao, S., ... & Rutchey, K. (2005). The
ecological-societal underpinnings of Everglades
restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment, 3(3), 161-169.

5. Book Example
 Holling, C.S. (1978). Adaptive environmental
assessment and management. London, UK:
John Wiley & Sons.

6. Book Chapter
McKelvin M.R., Hook D.D., & Rozelle A.A. (1998).
Adaptation of plants to flooding and soil
waterlogging. In: Messina, M.G. and Conner,
W.H.(Eds). Southern forested wetlands. Boca Raton,
FL: Lewis Publishers.

7. Let’s Practice!
Light S.S. & Dineen J.W. (1994). Water control in
the Everglades: A historical perspective. In: Davis,
S.M. & Ogden, J.C. (Eds). Everglades: the
ecosystem and its restoration. Delray Beach, FL: St
Lucie Press.

8. Let’s Practice!
Howarth, R.B. & Farber, S. (2002). Accounting for
the value of ecosystem services. Ecol Econ 41:
421–29.