General rules for citing sources in scientific writing - Revision history

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 ==Formatting Guidelines==
-We will be following the citation format used by the journal Evolution for this course.  Here is some information on how to format citations modified from their website.<br/>
+We will be following the citation format used by the journal Evolution (or Ecology, either is acceptable) for this course.  Here is some information on how to format citations modified from their website.<br/>
 *A one-to-one correspondence must exist between works cited in the text and those in the Literature Cited section.
 *Literature is cited in the text by the last name of the author or authors and the date of publication. For works with three or more authors, the last name of the senior author is followed by "et al." in the text.  The complete list of authors is included in the Literature Cited section.

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 Slender, P., M. W. Gracile, and D. Lithe. 1991. Failure of physical parameter models to predict student preference. Pseudoscientifica 342:233-236. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)88953-3
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+[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2244W_Fall_2012:_Prof._Turchin Return to main EEB 2244W page]

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 Slender, P., M. W. Gracile, and D. Lithe. 1991. Failure of physical parameter models to predict student preference. Pseudoscientifica 342:233-236. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)88953-3
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+[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2244W_Fall_2012:_Prof._Turchin Return to main EEB 2245W page]

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	==General Guidelines==		==General Guidelines==
	'''When to cite:''' <br>		'''When to cite:''' <br>

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 Brunette, C. W. 1991. Hair color and classroom performance: a spurious correlation? Annals Amer. Inst. Beauticianary Sci. 35:121-154. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.012
-['''This is the proper format for a journal article.''']
+['''This is the proper format for a journal article.'''  See this pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EvolutionReferenceFormat.pdf}} for a detailed breakdown of the format.]
 Darwin, C. 1871. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Modern Library, New York, NY.

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 *Specific pages, tables, or figures within a reference should follow a comma after the reference year. A date should be provided for all personal communications: (D. Johnson, pers. comm. 1989).
 *References in the Literature Cited section should be arranged alphabetically.
-*In the Literature Cited section, we will follow the format used by the journal Evolution.  The format for journal articles is explained in detail here {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EvolutionReferenceFormat.pdf}}.  See below for more examples.
+*In the Literature Cited section, we will follow the format used by the journal Evolution.  The format for journal articles is explained in detail here. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EvolutionReferenceFormat.pdf}}  See below for more examples.
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