Citation Guidelines for Blog

In the world of academia, knowledge is shared between scholars and peers. The importance of citations is stressed by the fact that ideas are influenced by another’s ideas. If there were no citation, one would have the grounds to assume the ideas presented are original. Not citing appropriately undermines the person, the institution he or she represents, and the individual whose ideas were stolen. As students of UNC Chapel Hill, we plan to uphold the Honor Code and give credit where it is due.

The citations for our blog post will follow the CSE/CBE format. The reason we chose this form of citation is because this form is widely used in the natural science field. Since most of our topics will fall into this category we felt this would be the proper citation format. When using the CSE/CBE format, we will be modifying the traditional superscript by removing the superscript and encasing the number in parenthesis. The authors agreed upon this modification because superscripts do not work well in html.





Example of CSE/CBE (N-Y) Online Article Citation


Rotenberry NDR, Smith SRS, Mustache ADM, Leg SUL, Mustang SWM. 2007. The incredible display of snow in Chapel Hill: observational study. ABC [Internet]. [cited 2014 January 29]; 120(6800):345-348. Available from: http://abc.wehavethebestarticles.com/ChapelHill/snow

The Dissociative Perspective

Here at The Dissociative Perspective, we four undergraduates at the University of North Carolina critique and post about new innovations in subjects ranging from the small and simple, such as exercise and fitness, to the large and complicated, such as medicine, and to the utterly unimportant, like what Chancellor Folt had for breakfast this morning. We have named our blog “The Dissociative Perspective” based upon the authors we have. Much like how someone with dissociative personality disorder would have multiple personalities, we have authors with different modes of writing. The style may vary from post to post but they come together to form one functional blog, for what better way to understand a product than to assess the perspective of other people. The authors of this blog exemplify the diversity of the student body at the University of North Carolina. Similar to the college campus there are many different topics that we discuss in the blog that not only provide more insight but also present our readers the opportunity to discover new interests. This blog is for people searching for the new innovations in the world and we write our critiques for those readers. It is our job to bring our audience news of innovations in an interesting, entertaining and informing way as consistently as possible. Hopefully our audience will find products that they are excited about, and possibly get involved to ensure that particular product succeeds.

About the Authors

Nick Rotenberry

Hey everyone my name is Nick Rotenberry and I am a freshman at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. I am one of four authors that belong to the Dissociative Perspective blog. Faith, family, and friends are what I hold as the most important things in my life.I am currently a psychology major/chemistry minor with a pre-med track. My dream is to become a specialist doctor and open my own practice. I have taken numerous science courses throughout my high school career and my first semester of college. I plan to further my knowledge in the science field and hopefully study abroad so I can experience education outside of the United States.



Elizabeth Davis

I was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL (yes...I am a Jaguars fan). Now I live in Chapel Hill, NC where I am a freshman at the University of North Carolina. Going to school here has been my dream ever since I started going to summer camp in North Carolina and fell in love with the state. I’m still undecided in my major, but I am considering Psychology and Education. This is my first time writing a blog, so I’m still figuring all of this out. I’m the youngest of 3 and I have 3 dogs. A fun fact about me is that I’m obsessed with the color blue.

Justin Landis

Born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, I am now a first year UNC Tar Heel student and the youngest sibling of two older brothers. I am interested in social science and human interactions. I have a yearning to learn more about my cutler and where I come from and also the background of others. I am half white on my father’s side and half Arab on my mother’s side. One example of my interest in my heritage is that I now take Arabic for the sake of speaking to my family in Israel. I do not yet know what I want to do with my life, but hey, that is half the fun in paying for college, and I'm sure many other students can relate.

Alan Sharpe

I am from Burlington, NC, our claim to fame is that we have one of the smallest ratios of restaurants to people in the country. I am a freshman this year at UNC-Chapel Hill and plan on being a double major in Business and Exercise and Sports Science. A fun fact about me is that I still have a good social life for being a double major at UNC. I am currently a member of the UNC Club Baseball Team, and a member of the UNC Sports Business Club. My blog post will be mainly on the scientific innovations that are concentrated in the Exercise and Health field, but I can’t promise that I’ll make you lose 6 pounds in 6 days.