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ASCE Requirements for

Citations
Fall 2015

All factual material that is not original

with you must be accompanied by a
reference to its source.

ASCE books and journals prefer the

author-date system of referencing.

This system has two parts, the text

citation and the reference list.

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The text citation appears where the

material to be cited is presented in the
body of the report.

The citation refers readers to a source in

the reference list.

The reference list is sorted alphabetically

by the authors name and then year of
publication.

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Every reference must have a text

citation and

Every text citation must have a

corresponding reference.

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ASCE prefers text citation to be use the

author-date method.

List the last names of the authors, then

the year of publication.

The author-date formats are: Latin et alii

(and others)

One author (Smith 2004);

wo authors (Smith and Jones 2004); and
three or more authors (Smith et al. 2004).

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In most text citations, the author and

date appear in parentheses with no comma
between them.

For example:

One recent report (Carson 2006) finds

evidence that

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In most text citations, the author and

date appear in parentheses with no comma
between them.

For example:

yielded varying results (Jones 2005;

Marks and Smith 2004).

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For text citations when the researchers

name is part of the sentence, the last name
does not need to be repeated.

For example:

Recent data (Smith et al. 2006) indicates

that steam curing is

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For text citations by the same author(s)

published in the same year are designated
with lowercase letters: 2004a, 2004b.

For example:

The results of numerous studies (Smith et

al. 2006a, 2006b) show the effects of
water on

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The reference list listing all the text

citations appears at the end of the paper.

Prepare a reference section listing all

references alphabetically by last name of
the first author.

For anonymous reports and standards,

alphabetize by the issuing institution.

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References begin with the names of the

author(s), last name first for all authors,
followed by the year of publication in
parentheses.

Feld, J. and Carper, K. (1997). Construction Failure, 2nd

Ed., Wiley, New York.
Title
Publisher

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References begin with the names of the

author(s), last name first for all authors,
followed by the year of publication in
parentheses.

Zhang, H. M. (2000). Phase transitions in nonequilibrium

traffic theory. J. Transp. Engrg., ASCE, 126(1), 1-12.

Journal Title Volume(Issue)

Page Numbers

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Books

Feld, J. and Carper, K. (1997). Construction Failure, 2nd Ed.,

Wiley, New York.
Title
Publisher

Book references must include author,

book title, publisher, and the publishers
location.

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Books

Feld, J. and Carper, K. (1997). Construction Failure, 2nd Ed.,

Wiley, New York.
Title
Publisher

If a specific chapter is being used, list the

chapter title and inclusive page numbers.

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Reports

Same as for books.

For reports authored by institutions, spell

out institutions name first and then
followed by the initialism or acronym in
parentheses, if applicable.

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Reports

If subsequent references were also

authored by that same institution, use
only the initialism or acronym.

For reports authored by persons, include

the full institution nameno acronym
and its location.

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Journals

King, S. and Delatte, N. J. (2004). Collapse of 2000

Commonwealth Avenue: Punching shear case study. J.
Perf. Constr. Facil., 18(1), 54-61.

Volume (Number)
Page numbers

Double-check the year, journal title, volume and

issue numbers, and page numbers.

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Conference Proceedings and Symposia

Fwa, T. F., Liu, S. B., and Teng, K. J. (2004). Airport

pavement condition rating and maintenance-needs
assessment using fuzzy logic. Proc., Airport Pavements:
Challenges and New Technologies, ASCE, Reston, Va.,
29-38.

Organization, Location
Page numbers

Include the sponsor of the conference or

publisher of the proceedings, and that entitys
location; city and state or city and country.

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Web Pages and On-line Material

Burka, L. P. (2002). A hypertext history of multiuser

dimensions. MUD history, <http://www.ccs.neu.edu>
(Dec. 5, 2003).
Web Address

Date accessed

Include an author if possible, a copyright date, title of

page, the Web address, and the date the material was
accessed or downloaded (in parentheses at the end).

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Web Pages and On-line Material

Product overview. (1999). <http://in-

site.bidcom.com.html/overview.html> (Feb. 3, 2000).

Web Address Date accessed

Include an author if possible, a copyright date, title of

page, the Web address, and the date the material was
accessed or downloaded (in parentheses at the end).

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Technical Manuals

Organization

American Concrete Institute (1999). Building Code

Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 31899) and
Commentary.
Manual Title

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Reference List
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). (1997),
Standard test method for electrical indication of concretes ability
to resist chloride ion penetration. C 1202-97, West
Conshohocken, Pa.

Bazant, Z. P. and Novak, D. (2000a). Probabilistic nonlocal theory

for quasibrittle fracture initiation and size effect. I: Theory. J.
Engrg. Mech., ASCE, 126(2), 166-174.

Eshenaur, S. R., Kulicki, J. M., and Mertz, D. R. (1991). Retrofitting

distortion-induced fatigue cracking of non-composite steel girder-
floorbeam-stringer bridges. Proc., 8th Annu. Int. Bridge Conf.,
Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 280-288.

Factory liability limits backed. (2000). Washington Post, Feb. 3,

A7.

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Reference List
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). (1995). Fly ash facts for
highway engineers. Rep. No. FHWA-SA-94-081. Washington,
D.C.

Federal Register. (1968). 33(No. 146: July 27), 10756.

Hordijk, D. A. (1991). Local Approach to fatigue of concrete. PhD

thesis, Div. of Struct. Engrg., Lule University of Technology,
Lule, Sweden.

International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO). (1997).

Uniform building code. Whittier, Calif.

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Reference List
Melan, J. (1913). Theory of arches and suspension bridges, D. B.
Steinman, translator, Myron C. Clark, Chicago.

Merifield, R. S., Sloan, S. W., and Yu, H. S. (1999). Rigorous

plasticity solutions for the bearing capacity of two-layered clays.
Geotechnique, London, 49(4), 471-490.

Product overview. (1999). <http://in-

site.bidcom.com.html/overview.html> (Feb. 3, 2000).

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). (1995). Soil survey of

Acadia Parish, Louisiana. Soil Conservation Service, Washington,
D.C.

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Reference List For Project #2 Report

Kosmatka, S. H. and Wilson, M. L. (2011). Design and Control of
Concrete Mixtures, 15th Ed., Portland Cement Association,
Skokie, IL.

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). (2005). Silica Fume

Users Manual. Rep. No. FHWA-IF-05-016. Washington, D.C.

Holland, T.C. (2005). Silica Fume Users Manual, U.S. Department

of Transportation, Report FHWA-IF-05-016. Washington, D.C.

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