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How Things Work: PHYS 0847

Citation Style Guides on the Web

Purdue OWL is a great resource for APA, Chicago, and MLA styles.

 

Other styles common in physics are CSE and AIP:

CSE: Council of Science Editors

AIP: American Institute of Physics

Examples of Citations

APA Online Journal Article

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article.Title of Journal, volume number, page range. doi:0000000/000000000000 [or http://dx.doi.org/10.0000/0000]

*If the article doesn't have a DOI (digital object identifier), then it will look like this:*

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article.Title of Journal, volume number. Retrieved from http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url/


APA Website

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address


More examples of how to cite electronic sources in APA

 

 

Books on Citation Style

Citation Management Tools

Journal Abbreviations

Having trouble deciphering a journal title that's abbreviated? Try these resources: