ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Style

Style essentials

This guide is an introduction to citing using the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Style. For further information, refer to ASCE Publications - Information for Authors & Editors or download the pdf.

It is important to BE CONSISTENT when you are referencing.

The ASCE Style is an author-date style with two key components:

1. In-text citations, which appear within the text
   (last name of the author and publication year).
2. A reference list, at the end of the text
   (provides full details of all references cited in-text).

Citing with ASCE style: an animated overview (new window)

Footnotes are only used to provide more explanation of a statement or concept given in the text - they should be used sparingly, if at all. If used, they should be numbered sequentially. Any references cited within a footnote are treated just the same as those cited in the main text.