References and Citation

How to insert a citation

References should appear in the page where the reference is cited. This is accomplished with MediaWiki's <ref></ref> tag. In the visual editor There is a "Cite" drop down at the top of the page being edited. This option displays a text box where the citation can be filled in.

Before the Cite->Basic is selected, the cursor should be positioned at the location where the reference to the citation is made. MediaWiki will then assign a super-scripted number to that location and print the reference information at the bottom of the current page next to the corresponding number

If more than one reference is made to the same citation then select Cite->Re-use. This will display a prompt with a list of citations already in the current page. Clicking on the appropriate reference will place the same super-scripted number at this new location in the page.

Citation form

The following are examples of ICAR's accepted format for a citation.

Where available, a link to the reference should be included when the referenced article is publically available.

Examples

Beef Improvement Federation. Guidelines for uniform beef improvement programs.

Hassen, A., D.E. Wilson, V.R. Admin, G.H. Rouse, C.L. Hays 2001. Predicting percentage of intramuscular fat using two types of real-time ultrasound equipment. J.Anim. Sci. 79:11 18.

Lewis W H E and Allen D M. 1974. Performance testing for beef characteristics. Proc. 1st World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Madrid, Spain: 671-679.