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The following are examples of how to give a complete reference using the American Institute of Physics referencing style for the main sources of information. AIP is a numbered style with references numbered in the order of appearance in the article and listed in that order at the end of the article. Examples on this page:
BooksElements of the citation Initials, Author(s), Title of book (in italics if typing, or underlined if writing);- capitalise each word of the title, Edition (except the first), Publisher, Place of publication, Year of Publication (in brackets)  Example: S. Inoue and K. R. Spring, Video Microscopy: The Fundamentals, 2nd ed. (Plenum, New York, 1997). with page numbers if required J. K. H. Horber, Atomic Force Microscopy in Cell Biology (Academic,San Diego, 2002), pp. 1-31.Sections / Chapters of booksElements of the citation Initials, Author(s), in: Title of the book (in italics if typing, or underlined if writing); - capitalise each word of the title, edited by Editor(s) (if available), Edition (except the first), Publisher, Place of publication, date (in brackets), pp. First and Last pages. Example:J. M. Gonzalez-Leal, P. Krecmer, J. Prokop, and S. R. Elliott, in Photo-Induced Metastability in Amorphous Semiconductors, edited by A. V. Kolobov (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003), pp. 338-340. Papers from conferencesElements of the citation
Initials, Author(s), in: Title of the conference (in italics if typing, or underlined if writing); - capitalise each word of the title, Publisher, Place of publication, first and last pages of the article. eg: Example:E. Gartenbug and A. S. Roberts, Proceedings of SPIE, Thermosense XIII (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 1991), pp. 1467-1459. Journal articlesElements of the citation Initials, Author(s), Abbreviated title of journal, (as listed here, pdf, 795kb), volume (in bold), issue or part (if needed), First page of the article Year of publication (in brackets). eg: Example:B. Richardson, J. Appl. Phys. 20, 2221 (1998). Gale Young and R.E. Funderlich J. Appl. Phys. 44, 5151 (1973). Marc D. Levenson, Phys. Today 30 (5), 44 (1977) WebsitesElements of the citation Name of the site, URL of the site eg: Example:MEGA332 is a single board computer based on the MC68332 from Motorola, http://www.mct.net. Beam Dynamics Inc., 913 Oakmont Ct., Oneida, WI 54155, http://www.beamdynamicsinc.com. Website documentsElements of the citation Initials, Author(s), and URL of the document eg: Example:S. S. Wang, C. Ryu, H. Lee, and K.-W. Kwon, http://marco.stanford.edu/swong/publications/paper28.pdf. Sources of further informationAmerican Institute of Physics, AIP Style Manual (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1990-1997), pp.8-9, library holdings, see particularly Part II, Preparing a scientific paper for publication (pdf 1.19MB) For further examples see reference lists for articles in AIP journals such as: Review of Scientific Instruments. Need help? Library frequently asked questions and online
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