Environmental Engineering
Guide to library and internet resources for environmental engineering
Introduction
This page contains four sections:
Citation Style Guides
If your instructor does not specify, consider using one of these styles:
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide
Chapter 14 contains information on formatting references.
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Manuscript Submission
Scroll down to page 29 to find information about formatting references.
- Manuscript Submission
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th edition.
Commonly referred to as "APA Style", this citation format is easily adapted for most engineering fields. Although the full manual is not availalbe online, there is quick guide to this style.
Other Journal Publisher Style Guides and Manuals
Each journal will usually have a section on its website labeled "Guide for Authors," "Information for Authors," or "Submitting an article." This is were you can usually find what citation style the journal uses and see examples of at least a book or journal article reference. Some journals no longer make this information available but instead, refer the potential author to their preferred citation management software (ex., EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc.) where their journal template is available.