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Captive wildlife care

A collection of library resources pertaining to the field of captive wildlife care.

citation building tool  APA citation examples  cse citation examples  

Citation Building Tools

APA Citation Examples

Author(s). (Date). Book title. Publisher.

Example:

Long, S. P., & Mason, C. F. (1983). Saltmarsh ecology. Blackie.

Chapter Author(s). (Date). Chapter title. In Editor Names (Eds.), Book title. (edition, page numbers). Publisher.

Example:

Cardille, J. A., & Jackson, M. M. (2017). Citizen science for assessing landscape change. In S. E. Gergel & M. G. Turner, (Eds.), Learning landscape ecology: a practical guide to concepts and techniques. (2nd ed., pp. 41-42). Springer. 

Author(s). (Date). Article title. Journal title, Volume, Pages.

Example:

Sinha, E., Michalak, A. M., & Balaji, V. (2017). Eutrophication will increase during the 21st century as a result of precipitation changes. Science, 357(6349), 405-408.

Author(s). (Date). Journal title. Journal, Volume, Pages. DOI:

Example:

Woolway, E. E., & Goodenough, A. E. (2017). Effects of visitor numbers on captive European red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and impacts on visitor experience. Zoo Biology, 36(2), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21357  

Author. (Date). Website Title. Site name. URL

Example:

Gepford, K. (2024, February 20). The remote island where giant tortoises clear runways for albatrosses. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240220-the-giant-tortoises-boosting-biodiversity-in-the-galpagos

Webpage on a website with a retrieval date.
When contents of a page are designed to change over time but are not archived, include a retrieval date in the reference.

Example:

U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). U.S. and world population clock. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved February 23, 2024, from https://www.census.gov/popclock/

Organize your citations!

CSE Citation Examples

Author(s). Year. Book title. City of publication (State): Publisher. 

Example:

Long SP, Mason CF. 1983. Saltmarsh ecology. New York (NY): Blackie.

Note: Total page numbers are optional. If you want to add them, add at the very end after the publisher. Ex. Blackie. 160 p.

Author(s). Year. Chapter title. In: Editor(s). Book title. Edition. City of Publication (State): Publisher. Page numbers.

Example:

Cardille JA, Jackson MM. 2017. Citizen science for assessing landscape change. In: Gergel SE, Turner MG, editors. Learning landscape ecology: a practical guide to concepts and techniques. 2nd ed. New York (NY): Springer. p. 41-42.

Author(s). Year. Article title. Journal title Volume (Issue): Pages.

Example:

Singha E, Michalak AM, Balaji V. 2017. Eutrophication will increase during the 21st century as a result of precipitation changes. Science 357(6349):405-408.

Author(s). Year. Article title. Journal title [accessed Date]; Volume(Issue):Pages. URL. DOI: .

Example:

Woolway, EE, Goodenough, AE. 2017. Effects of visitor numbers on captive European red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and impacts on visitor experience. Zoo Biology [accessed 2017 Aug 8]; 36(2):112-119. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zoo.21357/epdf. doi: 10.1002/zoo.21357.

Website without page date

Author(s). cDate. Page title [Internet]. City (State): Website Name; [accessed Date]. Available from URL.

Example:

Maine Rivers Projects. c2017. China Lake Alewife Restoration Initiative [Internet].  Yarmouth (ME): Maine Rivers; [accessed 2017 Aug 8]. Available from http://mainerivers.org/projects/china-lake-outlet-stream-restoration/.   

Website with page date

Page title [Internet]. [updated Date]. Website Name; [cited Date]. Available from URL

Example:

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) [Internet]. [updated 2016 May 19]. USGS National Wildlife Health Center; [cited 2017 Aug 8]. Available from https://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/chronic_wasting_disease/

Organize your citations!