Author's Guide

BOOKS – the ordering is as follows:

1. Initials and name(s) of author(s), followed by a comma.
2. Title of chapter, in quotations, is permitted only if book is an edited collection by many authors.
3. Title of book, in italics.
4. Name(s) of editor(s), if any, followed by a comma and “Ed.” or “Eds.”
5. Enclosed in parentheses: Publisher, followed by a comma; location of publisher, followed by a comma; year of publication.
6. Edition.
7. Volume number.
8. Chapter number.
9. Page(s) cited.
10. Equation, figure, or table number cited.

Examples of Book Citations:

1. W. P. Mason, Piezoelectric Crystals and Their Applications to Ultrasonics (D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1950), 2nd ed., p. 32.
2. G. L. Rasmussen, “Efferent Fibers of the Cochlear Nerve and Cochlear Nucleus”, in Neural Mechanisms of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems, G. L. Rasmussen and W. F. Windle, Eds. (Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL, 1960), Chap. 8, pp. 105–109.

THESES – the ordering is as follows:

1. Initial and last name of author, followed by a comma.
2. Type of degree being sought (M.S. Thesis, Ph.D. Thesis), followed by a comma.
3. Name of degree-conferring institution, comma, location of institution.
4. Year of publication enclosed in parenthesis.

Example of Thesis Citation:

1. S. Johnson, M.S. Thesis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (1998).