Citing EOL
These citations use slight modifications of Turabian Scientific Style, as formatted by Carmun.com.
We recommend you only cite information that has been vetted (is considered authenticated). As with most web pages, species pages will likely change, so citations will not refer to a static source. Let us know if you wish to cite a stable page.
If the page has been reviewed by a curator, list all the curators as editors:
We recommend you only cite information that has been vetted. Some objects may be removed or changed at any time, and EOL does not guarantee permanency of link references to data objects.
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to see if the provider of the object has a suggested citation.
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Build a citation using the information provided in the attribution. Include the author of the object, its update or copyright year, the taxon name and the object title, the original source, the date you viewed it, and EOL page citation. Page curator name(s) and/or editor(s) of the original source are optional but recommended.
To cite the EOL as a whole:
Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org. Accessed 15 Jan 2009.
To cite the EOL concept:
Wilson, Edward O. 2003. The encyclopedia of life. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18, no. 2: 77-80. Available from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VJ1-47C8RDN-3/2/befac60e32dd59e55ff8bfc75f9848c6. ISSN 0169-5347, DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)00040-X.
To cite an EOL Page:
We recommend you only cite information that has been vetted (is considered authenticated). As with most web pages, species pages will likely change, so citations will not refer to a static source. Let us know if you wish to cite a stable page.
If the page has been reviewed by a curator, list all the curators as editors:
Fisher, Brian. "Pogonomyrmex anergismus Cole, 1954." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/460427. Accessed 15 Jan 2009.
If the page has not been reviewed:
"Pogonomyrmex anergismus Cole, 1954." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/460427. Accessed 15 Jan 2009.
To cite an EOL data object (one image, or one paragraph):
We recommend you only cite information that has been vetted. Some objects may be removed or changed at any time, and EOL does not guarantee permanency of link references to data objects.
Click on
to see if the provider of the object has a suggested citation.OR
Build a citation using the information provided in the attribution. Include the author of the object, its update or copyright year, the taxon name and the object title, the original source, the date you viewed it, and EOL page citation. Page curator name(s) and/or editor(s) of the original source are optional but recommended.
Hancock, John. 2009. "Xysticus posti: Diagnostic description." Edited by David Shorthouse. In The Nearctic Spider Database. Accessed 15 January 2009, available from Encyclopedia of Life, http://eol.org/pages/1210360.
