This guide will focus on how to make references in AIP (American Institue of Physics) style.
In-Text Reference
End-of-paper References
References
1H.H. Seliger, Phys. Today 48 (11), 25 (1995).
2R.A. Serway and J.W. Jewett, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th Ed. (Thomson, Belmont, CA, 2004), pp. 100-102.
3C.N. Niederriter, Radioactivity and Ionizing Radiation, Gustavus Adolphus College Lab Handout (Unpublished).
4Computer Program SIGMAPLOT Version 5.0, (Jandel Scientific, 1992)
Journal article - same author, two different journals
1T. L. Gilbert, Phys. Rev. B 12, 2111 (1975); J. Chem. Phys. 60, 3835 (1974).
Journal article - same author, two references to same journal; different author, same journal
2T. Nenner, H. Tien, and J. B. Fenn, J. Chem. Phys. 63, 5439 (1975); 64, 3902 (1976); Harold F. Winters, ibid. 64, 3495 (1976).
Journal article - article title included
3R. Plomp, "Rate of decay of auditory sensation", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 36, 277-282 (1964).
Journal Article - issue number included
4Marc D. Levenson, Phys. Today 30 (5), 44-49 (1977).
Book
5L. S. Birks, Electron Probe Microanalysis, 2nd ed. (Wiley, New York, 1971), p. 40.
Unpublished work
6J. Moskowitz, presented at the Midwest Conference on Theoretical Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1966 (unpublished).
7R. T. Swan and C. M. Pitman, Saclay Report No. CEA-R 3147, 1957 (unpublished).
Patent
8W. J. Thompson and D. R. Albert, U. S. Patent No. 7,430,020 (3 March 1975).
Film
9Technology: Catastrophe or Commitment?, film produced by Hobel-Leiterman Productions, Toronto (distributed by Document Associates, Inc., 880 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022; released 1974), 16mm, color, 24 min.
Computer program
10Norman R. Briggs, Computer code CRUX (Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 1972).
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