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BIOL 3200: Writing for Biologists

This guide is here to support students in the Writing for Biologists Course.

CSE Citation Help

CSE Scientific Style and Format Style Guide

Scientific Style and Format Online (8th edition) provides authors, editors, and publishers in the scientific community the authoritative recommendations on all matters of writing style and citation.

Quick Citation Examples

Citation Managers

  • Gather, store, manage, and share references or citations
  • Generate bibliographies in many citation formats such as ACS, APA, and MLA
  • Store references online and have access to them anywhere using your web browser 

Open RefWorks: A web-based bibliography and database manager which allows you to create your own personal database. References can be imported from the library catalog, online databases, text files, websites and more. Get help with Refworks here: ProQuest Refworks Guide.

ZoteroBib: A free, open-source tool. It is the web version of Zotero and does not require you to download software. It will save your bibliography in your browsers local storage.

Writing Help

Contact me (information on the left) for help creating citations.

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