ASCE Reference Styles Journal References

Include year, volume, issue, and page numbers. Stahl, D. C., Wolfe, R. W., and Begel, M. (2004). Improved analysis of timber rivet connections. Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 130, Iss. 8,1272-1279. Bhuiyan, F., Hey, R. D., and Wormleaton, P. R. (2007). Hydraulic evaluation of W-weir for river restoration. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 133, Iss. 6, 596609.

Conference Proceedings and Symposiums

Include the publisher of the proceedings, AND that entitys locationcity and state or city and country. Only include the sponsor of the conference if it is part of the title of a proceedings. If there is no publisher, then the name and location of the sponsor are required. Proceedings without Editors: Garrett, D. L. (2003). Coupled analysis of floating production systems. Proceedings, International Symposium on Deep Mooring Systems, ASCE, Reston, VA, 152-167. Proceedings with Editors: Fischenich, J. C., and Abt, S. R. (1995). Estimating flow resistance in vegetated channels. Proceedings, 1st International Conference: Water Resources Engineering, Vol. 1, W. H. Espey Jr. and P. G. Combs, eds., ASCE, Reston, VA, 805809.

Books
Include author, book title, publisher, the publishers location, and chapter title and inclusive page numbers (if a whole book is used, or pages here and there throughout, page numbers need not be given). If no author is listed, alphabetize the entry by book title. Chapter and page citation: Zadeh, L. A. (1981). Possibility theory and soft data analysis. Mathematical frontiers of the social and policy sciences, L. Cobb and R. M. Thrall, eds., Westview, Boulder, CO, 69-129. Whole book citation: Chow, V.T. (1959). Open-Channel Hydraulics, 2nd edition, Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, NY. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). (1965). Design of Small Dams, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, 4244. Book with Editor: Waier, P (editor). (2006). Building Construction Cost Data, 64th edition, RSMeans Construction Publishers and Consultants, Kingston, MA.

Codes, Regulations, and Guidelines

Examples: American Association and State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (1994). Bridge Design Specifications and Commentary, Washington, DC. American Association and State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (1998). LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Washington, DC. American Association and State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (2002). Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, 17th Ed., Washington, DC. American Association and State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (2004). Standard specifications for transportation materials and methods of sampling and testing: Standard method of test for compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimens. AASHTO T22, Washington, DC. American Association and State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (2006). Interim Bridge Design Specifications and Commentary, Washington, DC. American Concrete Institute (ACI). (2008). Building code requirements for structural concrete (ACI 318-08) and commentary (318R-08). ACI 318-08/318R-08, Farmington Hills, MI. American Concrete Institute (ACI). (1989). Recommended practice for evaluation of strength test results of concrete. Report No. ACI214-89, Detroit, MI. American Institute of Steel construction (AISC). (2005). Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, Chicago, IL. British Standards Institution (BSI). (1996). Eurocode 6Design of masonry structures. General rules for reinforced and unreinforced masonry structures. BS EN 1996-1-1:2005, London. U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). (2002). Leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) green building rating system, Version 2.1., <http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/LEEDdocs/LEED_RS_v2-1.pdf> (November 3, 2010).

ASTM Standards
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). (2005a). Standard test methods for bolted connections in wood and wood-based products. D5652-95, West Conshohocken, PA. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). (2005b). Standard test methods for direct moisture content measurement of wood and wood-base materials. D4442-92, West Conshohocken, PA. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). (2010). Standard test method for evaluating dowel bearing strength of wood and wood-based products. D5764-97a, West Conshohocken, PA.

Reports
Same as for books, as above. For reports authored by institutions: spell out institution acronym on first use, and follow with acronym in parentheses, if applicable. If subsequent references were also authored by that same institution, use only the acronym. For reports authored by persons, include the full institution nameno acronymand its location.

Soil Conservation Service (SCS). (1972). Hydrology, Section 4. National Engineering Handbook (NEH4), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Soil Conservation Service (SCS). (1984). Computer program for project formulation. Technical Release No. 20 (TR-20), Washington, DC. Soil Conservation Service (SCS). (1986). Urban hydrology for small watersheds. Technical Report No. 55 (TR-55), Washington, DC. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (1998). Stream visual assessment protocol. NWCC Technical Note 99-1, Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center, Washington, DC. Maryland Department of the Environment. (2000). Marylands Waterway Construction Guidelines, Water Management Administration, Baltimore, MD. Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC). (2008). Building code requirements for masonry structures. TMS 402/ASCE 5/ACI 530, The Masonry Society, ASCE, and American Concrete Institute, Boulder, CO, New York, NY, and Detroit, MI.

CD-ROM
Include authors, copyright date, titles, medium, producer/publisher and its location, and section, chapter, and page numbers if available. Liggett, J. A., and Caughey, D. A. (1998). Fluid statics. Fluid Mechanics (CD-ROM), ASCE, Reston, VA, Section 3.1, Chapter 2, 167-177.

Unpublished Material
Unpublished material is not included in the references but may be cited in the text as follows: (John Smith, personal communication, May 16, 1983) or (J. Smith, unpublished internal report, February 2003).

In Press Articles
As an exception to the Unpublished Material section above, in press articles (i.e., those that have been accepted but have not yet been published) may be included in the references as follows: Dasgupta, G. (2008). Stiffness matrix from isoparametric closed form shape functions using exact integration. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, in press.

Web Pages
Include author, year of publication or last revision, title of page, title of the complete work, Web address enclosed within angle brackets, and date material downloaded. Google Maps: Google Maps. (2010). [Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut] [Street map]. Retrieved from <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+Summit+ St,+Hartford,+CT+06106+(trinity+college)&sll=41.746566,-72.688723&sspn=0.017963, 0.038581&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=300+Summit+St,+Hartford,+Connecticut+06106&ll=41.747334,72.688916&spn=0.008981,0.01929&z=16> (September 12, 2010).

Maps with known Cartographer (map maker): Jackson, N. A. (2009). Afghanistan [Ethnological map]. Retrieved from <http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/ map_tem.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd7/g7630/g7630/cp000007.jp2 &style =setlmap&itemLink=D?gmd:4:./temp/~ammem_8uqN::&title=Afghanistan%20/%20 Nicholas%20A.%20Jackson,%20cartographer> (January 21, 2010). Website: U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). (2008). US Green Building Council website. <http://www.usgbc.org/> (December 25, 2008). Online Reports or Articles: Burka, L. P. (1993). A hypertext history of multi-user dimensions. MUD history, <http://www.ccs.neu.edu> (Dec. 5, 1994) Nielson, J. (2006). Participation inequality: Encouraging more users to contribute. Alertbox, biweekly column on Jakob Nielsons website, available at <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation= inequality.html> (Jul. 18, 2008). Federal Office for Environment (FOEN). (2008). Hydropeaking. <http://www.bafu.admin.ch/gewaesserschutz/04851/index.html?lang=en> (Nov. 1 2008). Online Fact Sheet: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). (2009). ASCE: Infrastructure fact sheet. <http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/sites/default/files/RC2009_bridges.pdf> (May 22, 2009). Blog Article: Swartz, A. (2006). Who writes Wikipedia?. Raw thoughts blog, available at <http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog> (July 20, 2008). Youtube Video: Kaushik, A. (2007). Successful web analytics approaches. Conversion Univ. presented by Google Analytics (Youtube video), available at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppgfjo6IIf4> (Jul. 21, 2008).

Computer Models
Mathsoft.(1991). Mathcad: Users guide. Mathsoft, Inc., Cambridge, MA. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). (2000). HEC-GeoRAS: An extension for support of HEC-RAS using ArcView. Users Manual, Version 3.0, April, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, CA. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). (2001). HEC-RAS River Analysis System. Users Manual, Version 3.0, January, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, CA. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). (2010). HEC-HMS Hydrologic Modeling System. Users Manual, Version 3.5, August, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, CA.

GIS Data
Data retrieved from a local area network: Database Name [type of medium]. Producer location, province/state: Producer Name, year. Examples: City of Toronto Digital Orthophotos [computer file]. Toronto, Ontario: Land Information Toronto, 1997. Grand River Watershed Data [computer file]. Cambridge, Ontario: Grand River Conservation Authority, 2003. Data from a CD-ROM or commercial on-line database: Database Name [type of medium]. (Year). Producer location, province/state: Producer name. Available: Supplier/Database identifier or number [Access date]. Example: ESRI ArcCanada 2.0 [CD-ROM]. (1999). Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute. Available: UML Library Controlled Access G 3400 SVAR E87x [June 4th, 2003]. Data downloaded from a remote FTP server: Database Name [type of medium]. (Year). Producer location, province/state: Producer name. Available FTP: address/path/file [Access date]. Example: Canada Land Use Monitoring Program [computer file]. 1966-1986. Ottawa, ON: Ministry of Natural Resources. Available FTP: http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/download/clump/ [June 4th, 2003]. Maps produced using GIS software: "Map Title" [type of medium]. scale. Database Name [type of medium]. Producer location, province/state: Producer Name, year. Using: GIS Software Title [type of software]. Version or edition. Software Manufacturer Location, province/state: Software Manufacturer Name, date of software release/copyright. Example: "Wetlands and Floodplain in GRCA" [map]. 1:10,000. GRCA GIS Data [computer files]. Cambridge, Ont.: Grand River Conservation Authority, 2001. Using: ArcView GIS [GIS software]. Version 3.2. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 1992-1999.

Theses and Dissertations

Include authors, copyright date, title, and the name and location of the institution where the research was conducted. Note that some institutions use specific terminology; for example, "doctoral dissertation" rather than "Ph.D. thesis". Sotiropulos, S. N. (1991). "Statis response of bridge superstructures made of fiber reinforced plastic." M.S. thesis, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.