Research Guides: BIOL 220: Ecology (BMC): Managing Citations

Citation Style

For this class you'll be using the citation style used by the journal Ecology. To see articles in this journal go here.

You will be able to format your references by using:

a citation manager such as EndNote Basic
a citation generator such as Citation Machine

Citation Managers

For this class, we recommend you use the citation manager EndNote Basic.

EndNote Basic allows you to:

import or capture references
organize references in folders by subject
attach pdfs and link to full text articles
create formatted bibliographies

Citation Elements

You'll want these elements of your citation appear correctly in your uploaded records.

Printed materials:

Authors
Title of article or book chapter
Title of book or journal
Publication information:
- volume, issue, pages (for articles)
- name and location of publisher (for books)
- date of publication (for books and articles)

Online materials:

Authors
Title of website, online article or electronic-book
Date published OR modified
Date you viewed the site
Site URL

EndNote Basic: Getting Started

EndNote Basic is available to you through a Tri-College subscription.

There are a fewl steps you'll have to go through to get EndNote Basic set up on your computer.

Go to http://www.myendnoteweb.com and create an account.
Install the Capture Reference button.
Install Cite While You Write.
In Endnote, open the Format tab, choose Format Paper and Select Favorites. Then scroll until you find the journal "Ecology" and Copy to Favorites. This is the format you will apply to your references.

Now you are ready to add citations to EndNote Basic.

Tri-College Guide to EndNote Basic.

Using Cite While You Write

Use Cite While You Write with MS Word to cite references and create properly formatted citations and a bibliography for your paper. Cite While You Write gives you access to EndNote references and formatting commands by using the EndNote tab on the Word taskbar.

Using Cite While You Write