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Citation Style Manuals
AIP Style Manual, 4th ed. (Online PDF)
Call Number: QC5.45 .A45 1990ISBN: 088318642XPublication Date: 1990Also available in print.
This is the style manual to use in physics. Much of this guide is aimed at physicists writing papers for submission, so not all of it is relevant. Information on citing sources is on page 1 and pages 8-9. For more detailed guidance, see the Chicago Manual of Style.
- Overview of AIP StyleThis guide gives examples of how citations should be formatted in AIP style.
If you cannot find specific guidance in the AIP Style Guide, you should follow the Chicago Manual of Style - "Notes and Bibliography" version.
- Look at examples for Notes (not Bibliography Entry)
- Use initials for first names instead of spelling them out as in Chicago
- Order the elements of your citation according to the AIP manual, as it differs from Chicago's.
- Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide: Notes & Bibliography (ch 14)
Compiled and published by the Chicago Manual of Style (for footnotes and endnote; humanities). Contains examples for how to cite: Book; Chapter or other part of an edited book; Translated book; E-book; Journal article; News or magazine article; Book review; Interview; Personal communication; Thesis or dissertation; Website content; Social media content.
Finding Journal Abbreviations
In many citation styles used in STEM fields, including AIP Style, scholarly journals are referred to using abbreviated titles; for example, the journal Reviews of Modern Physics is abbreviated as Rev. Mod. Phys. If journal title abbreviations do not appear automatically in ZoteroBib (or if you're typing out your citations by hand), search by journal title in the sources linked below to find official journal title abbreviations.
NOTE: One-word journal titles, such as Nature and Science, are never abbreviated.
