Department of Earth Sciences

At the Institute of Meteorology it is recommended to use Gitlab for documenting and working on the thesis. There is a comprehensive guide (in German) on how to set up the Gitlab environment for students. Further down you can find citation examples on how to cite with natbib(plainnat), which is the recommended citation style for the B.Sc and M.Sc. thesis.

To manage your literature, we recommend literature management programmes such as Citavi (in German), EndNote (free of charge for FU members, in German) and Zotero (free of charge for everyone).

>> Tip: Do you use Zotero? Then download the Zotero citation style "natbib(plainnat) with BibTeX/LaTeX" here!

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Citation examples

1. Monograph

[Author*s(year of publication)] Author*s. The title of the monograph, volume Volume of Series. The name of the publisher, the address, edition edition, Month Year. DOI or ISBN (if applicable)

[Susskind and Hrabovsky(2014)] Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. Classical mechanics: the theoretical minimum. Penguin Random House, New York, NY, 2014.

[Vannini(2023)] Phillip Vannini. Mobilities in remote places. Routledge, London, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4324/978100332116

2. Edited volumes (several contributions from different authors collected in one book)

[Editors*s(year of publication)] Editors*s. The title of the book, volume Volume of Series. The name of the publisher, the address of the publisher, edition edition, Month Year. DOI or ISBN (if applicable)

[Glatter and Mießner(2021)] J. Glatter and M. Mießner. Gentrifizierung und Verdrängung. Aktuelle theoretische, methodische und politische Herausforderungen, Interdisziplinäre Wohnungsforschung(3), Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839455821

Note: Complete edited volumes are rarely cited. It is more common to cite only the essay that you have used. See the next example.

2.1. Essay from an edited volume

[Author*s(year of publication)] Author*s. The title of the book chapter. In Editor*s, Editor, The title of the book, volume Volume of Series, chapter Chapter, page Pages. The name of the publisher, the address of the publisher, edition edition, Month Year. DOI or ISBN (if applicable)

[Üblacker(2021)] J. Üblacker. Der Gentrifizierungseffekt. Situationslogik der Aufwertung von Wohngebieten. In J. Glatter and M. Mießner, editors. Gentrifizierung und Verdrängung. Aktuelle theoretische, methodische und politische Herausforderungen, Interdisziplinäre Wohnungsforschung(3), pages 187-208. Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839455821

3. Article from a journal

[Author*s(year of publication)] Author*s. The title of the article. The name of the journal, Volume(Number):Pages, Month Year. DOI or URL (if applicable)

[Carmalt(2018)] J. C., Carmalt. For critical geographies of human rights. Progress in Human Geography, 42(6):847-861, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132517723720

[Van der Geer, Hanraads & Lupton(2010)] J. Van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A.Lupton. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun., 163:51–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Sc.2010.00372

4. Internet address (resp. website).

[Author*s(year of publication, if applicable)]. Author*s: The title of the site. URL (access date)

[M. Kronauer]. Kronauer: Gentrifizierung: Ursachen, Formen und Folgen. https://www.bpb.de/themen/stadt-land/stadt-und-gesellschaft/216871/gentrifizierung-ursachen-formen-und-folgen/ (accessed 07 February 2024)

[Statistics Canada(2018)]. Statistics Canada: Freshwater in Canada. A look at Canada's freshwater resources from 1971 to 2013. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2018011-eng.htm (accessed 07 February 2024)

Note: A corporate body can be considered an author

5. University publication

[Author*s(year of publication)] Author*s. The title of the thesis. PhD thesis, The school of the thesis, the address of the school, Month Year. DOI or URL (if applicable)

[Mclaughlin(2014)] F. Mclaughlin. Using regional flow regime classes to identify flow anomalies in a set of Canadian rivers regulated by dams. Dissertation, McGill University, Montreal, 2014. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/r494vp21q?locale=en