New Hampshire Bird Records - Format for References
11/26/08
References typically fall into the following categories – see below for format and details for each catergory:
Books
Journal articles
Birds of North America accounts
Web site documents
Data sources
Books:
Lastname, Finitial. year. Book title. Publisher, Town, State.
with multiple authors:
Lastname, Finitial. and Finitial Lastname. etc.
Lastname, Finitial., Finitial Lastname, and Finitial Lastname. etc.
Book Citation Examples:
Foss, C., ed. 1994. Atlas of Breeding Birds in New Hampshire. Audubon Society of New Hampshire, Concord, NH.
Kortright, F. 1953. The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America. Stackpole, Harrisburg, PA.
Madge, S. and H. Burn. 1988. Waterfowl. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA.
Murin, T., and B. Pfeiffer. 2002. Birdwatching in Vermont. University Press of New England, Lebanon, NH.
National Geographic. 2002. Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Fourth Edition. National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
Sibley, D. 2000. The Sibley Guide to Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY.
Veit, R. and W. Petersen. 1993. Birds of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA.
Journal articles:
Lastname, Finitial. year. Article name. Journal title. Vol:p-p.
Include the issue number if needed: Vol.(#):p-p
Use for publications that do not have sequential page numbering across all issues within one volume (for example, New Hampshire Bird Records).
with multiple authors:
Lastname, Finitial. and Finitial Lastname. etc.
Lastname, Finitial., Finitial Lastname, and Finitial Lastname. etc.
Multiple years of a journal and/or data source:
Journal title, years. Publisher, Town, State.
Journal Citation Examples:
New Hampshire Audubon Quarterly, 1961–1976. Audubon Society of New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire.
Williams, J. 2004. Winter Birding in the Lakes Region. New Hampshire Bird Records. 22(4):41–43.
Wolfe, K. 2008. Comparative Analysis of Black-capped and Boreal Chickadees. Auk. 202:456-501.
Birds of North America Accounts:
For Birds of North America accounts on the web use the recommended citation.
Birds of North America accounts in print have two common citations – check each account for the appropriate one to use (shown on the back page of each account):
[AUTHOR]. [YEAR]. [SPECIES, Common and (latin)]. In The Birds of North America, No. ## (A. Poole and F. Gill eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
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[AUTHOR]. [YEAR]. [SPECIES, Common and (latin)]. In The Birds of North America, No. ## (A. Poole and F. Gill eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C.
Web site documents:
Lastname, Finitial. year. Document title. Web address.
Data Source Citation Examples:
Bulletin of New England Bird-life, 1936–1944. New England Museum of Natural History, Boston, Massachusetts.
New Hampshire Audubon Quarterly, 1961–1976. Audubon Society of New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Bird News, 1951–1960. Audubon Society of New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Bird Records and archives, circa 1963 through 2005. New Hampshire Audubon, Concord, New Hampshire.
Records of New England Birds, in Massachusetts Audubon Society Bulletin, 1945–1955. Massachusetts Audubon Society, Concord, Massachusetts.
Records of New England Birds, 1956–1960 and 1964–1968. Massachusetts Audubon Society, Concord, Massachusetts.