HOW TO REFERENCE A PUBLICATION
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Paper in journal:
Smith, J.M., Adams, B.A. & Wilson, A. (2002). The Future for Asteroid Exploration. Planet. Space
Sci. 285(11), 123-126.
Book:
Johnson, A.B. & Radice, X.T. (2002). Comets for Beginners, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
UK, pp103-106.
Chapter in Book:
Geiss, J. & Williams, P.S. (1999). Primordial Abundances of Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes. In Origin
and Evolution of the Elements (Eds. N. Prantzos, E. Vangioni-Flam & M. Casse), Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp89-106.
Paper in Proceedings (including ESA Proceedings, SP-xxx):
Svalgaard, L. & LeSager, P. (2003). What Heliosesimology Teaches us About the Sun. In Proc. 4th.
ISCS ‘Solar Variability as an Input to the Earth’s Environment’ (Eds. H. Lacoste & H. Xerxes),
ESA SP-535, ESA Publications Division, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands,
pp147-153.
Paper in CD-only Proceedings (including ESA Proceedings, SP-xxx):
Svalgaard, L. & LeSager, P. (2003). What Heliosesimology Teaches us About the Sun. In Proc. 4th.
ISCS ‘Solar Variability as an Input to the Earth’s Environment’ (Eds. H. Lacoste & H. Xerxes),
ESA SP-535 (CD-ROM), ESA Publications Division, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands.
Note: for Proceedings published in hardcopy plus CD, refer to the hardcopy version and use page
numbers (see previous example).
Web:
Smith, J.M. (2003). The Future for Asteroid Exploration. Online at http://www.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx (as of
3 January 2004).
Note: high-level publications should avoid references to web sites if at all possible. References
should be to a permanent, unchanging source; web sites are ephemeral.
Calling out References
In body text, call out a reference using parentheses:
(Smith, 1996)
(Smith, 1996a; 1996b; 1999)
(Smith & Jones, 1992)
(Smith et al., 2004)
use ascending year order
use ‘et al.’ for 3 or more authors.