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Physics Research Guide
How to Cite

 

 

 

The Style Manual of the American Institute of Physics, 4th ed. (1990)
is recommended for citing items for Biology.
This is the comprehensive online resource. Consult it for examples not given here.

Web Site

M. Huber, How To Locate Material for Formal Reports, WWW Document, (http://physics.gac.edu/~huber/misc/finding.htm).

Selection from a Book

R.A. Serway and J.W. Jewett, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th Ed. (Thomson, Belmont, CA, 2004), pp. 100-102.

Journal Article
Indicate the Author(s) name, Journal Name (using abbreviations) Volume Number (in Boldface), Starting page number, (year). Examples For some journals (such as Physics Today and Scientific American), you need to specify the issue number since they start at page 1 each issue. For example, for an article which starts on page 25 of the November 1995 (Issue number 11) Physics Today, use
H.H. Seliger, Phys. Today 48 (11), 25 (1995).
(A full listing of abbreviations of journal names is here.)

 

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