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Common examples of different citation types are shown below. For additional examples, see the ASCE Style Manual. 

Journal Articles

"Use the official abbreviation for the journal. Include year, volume, issue, and page numbers. Some journals do not have issue numbers but include for the rest. Use the Woodward Library of the University of British Columbia as a primary resource for journal title abbreviations." - ASCE

Examples:

Beskos, D. E. 1987. “Boundary element methods in dynamic analysis.” Appl. Mech. Rev., 40 (1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3149529.

Parveen, R., and N. S. Varma. 2021. “Friend’s recommendation on social media using different algorithms of machine learning.” Global Transitions Proc. 2 (2): 273–281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gltp.2021.08.012.

Journal Articles from ASCE Journals

Use the following style when citing an ASCE journal:

Authors. Year of initial publication. “Title of paper.” Journal abbr. Volume (Issue): CID/page range. DOI.

Note: ASCE does not use page numbers.

Example:

Irish, J. L., and D. T. Resio. 2013. “Method for estimating future hurricane flood probabilities and associated uncertainty.” J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, Ocean Eng. 139 (2): 04013001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000157.

Conference Proceedings

"Provide the name and location of the publisher. If there is no 'publisher,' the name and location of the conference sponsor are required. For sponsors that are virtual groups (without a physical location), include the conference location instead of sponsor location and the URL for the group’s website before the DOI (if provided).

The name of the sponsor or the location of the conference or symposium is sometimes part of the title of a proceedings; if so, this information should remain in the title. If given, include the editor name(s), volume number, URL, and/or DOI." - ASCE

Examples:

Eshenaur, S. R., J. M. Kulicki, and D. R. Mertz. 1991. “Retrofitting distortion-induced fatigue cracking of noncomposite steel girder-floorbeam-stringer bridges.” In Proc., 8th Annual Int. Bridge Conf., 380–388. Pittsburgh: Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania.

Tommelein, I. D., and S. Gholami. 2012. “Root causes of clashes in building information models (BIM).” In Proc., 20th Annual Conf. Int. Group for Lean Construction, 121–130. San Diego: International Group for Lean Construction. https://www.iglc.net. https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.201102.05.

Books

"If a whole book is used (or pages here and there throughout the book), page numbers need not be given. If no author is listed, titles should be alphabetized. If a specific chapter is being used, the chapter title and inclusive page numbers should be included. Reports must include the full institution name and location." - ASCE

Examples:

Evans, G. M., and J. C. Furlong. 2003. Environmental biotechnology: Theory and applications. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Moody’s municipal and government manual. 1988. New York: Moody’s Investors Service.

Websites

Include the following elements when citing a website:

• Author’s name or owner of the website (if known)
• Year of publication or last revision (if available; use “n.d.” if no date is available)
• Full title of the specific page, in quotation marks
• Title of website (if applicable), in italics
• The date of access
• Full web address.

Examples:

Arizona Dept. of Commerce. 2005. “Community profile: Hualapai Indian Reservation.” Accessed March 17, 2014. http://www.azcommerce/com/doclib/commune/hualapai.pdf.

Foucher, J. 2017. “The role of construction companies before, during, and after disaster.” Construct Connect (blog). Accessed October 11, 2017. https://www.constructconnect.com/blog/operating-insights/role-construction-companies-disaster/.

Building Codes, Provisions, and Standards

"Building codes, provisions, and standards should be listed alphabetically by the abbreviated name of the promulgating institution" - ASCE

Examples:

ACI (American Concrete Institute). 1989. Building code requirement for reinforced concrete. ACI 318-89. Farmington Hills, MI: ACI.

BOCA (Building Officials and Code Administrators International). 1993. The BOCA national building code. Country Club Hills, IL: BOCA.

CEN (European Committee for Standardization). 1992. Design of steel structures, part 1.1. Eurocode 3, Brussels, Belgium: CEN.

Data Sets

"References for data sets should include author name, year of publication, titles (followed by edition or version number) in quotation marks, publisher or distributor, access date, and electronic identifier (DOI or URL)." - ASCE

Example:

Ansolabehere, S., M. Palmer, and A. Lee. 2014. “Precinct-level election data. V1.” Harvard Election Data Archive. Accessed January 20, 2017. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YN4TLR.