Website
Website example
Scribbr: Deutsche Zitierweise Leitfaden, https://www.scribbr.de/deutsche-zitierweise/, zuletzt geprüft am 15.03.2024.
Deutsche Zitierweise (German citation style) is a footnote-based citation system commonly used in German-speaking academic institutions, particularly in humanities and social sciences.
Smith, Jane A./Doe, Mark B.: The Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Ecosystems, in: Journal of Environmental Science 45 (2024), H. 3, S. 234–251.
Smith, Jane A.: Coastal Ecosystems in a Changing Climate, 2. Aufl., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature, NOAA Climate.gov, 2024, URL: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/sea-surface-temperature (abgerufen am 15.04.2024).
¹ Vgl. Smith/Doe, Climate Change, 2024, S. 237.
Sample formatted to the official Deutsche Zitierweise rules. Your real citation fills in from any URL, DOI, or ISBN.
See how to format different source types in Deutsche Zitierweise.
Website example
Scribbr: Deutsche Zitierweise Leitfaden, https://www.scribbr.de/deutsche-zitierweise/, zuletzt geprüft am 15.03.2024.
Journal article example
Max Müller: Akademisches Schreiben in Deutschland, in: Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft 45 (2024), H. 2, S. 123-145.
Book example
Hans Schmidt: Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, 3. Aufl., Berlin 2023.
Vorname Nachname in footnotes. Nachname, Vorname in bibliography.
Title in italics or quotation marks. Include subtitle after colon.
Publication year after publisher location.
Journal name, volume (issue), year, page range.
Use footnotes with superscript numbers. Full citation on first use (Vollbeleg), short citation for subsequent uses (Kurzbeleg).
Deutsche Zitierweise is a German footnote citation style that marks source references with footnotes. It uses full citations (Vollbeleg) first, then short citations (Kurzbeleg).
Include author/organization, page title, URL, and access date. Format: Author: Title, URL, zuletzt geprüft am [date].
Vollbeleg is the full citation used when first citing a source. Kurzbeleg is a shortened form (Author, Short Title, Page) used for subsequent citations.
Add 'vgl.' (vergleiche = compare) before the citation in the footnote to indicate a paraphrase rather than a direct quote.
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