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.)
Also Important:
Plagiarism - what is it? how to avoid it.