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How to include references to other work (i.e., AMS style)

How to include references to other work (i.e., AMS style). In any technical writing, you refer to other works. Why? Examples… To explain to the reader the context in which your work is being done. Who else has studied this problem?

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How to include references to other work (i.e., AMS style)

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  1. How to include references to other work (i.e., AMS style) • In any technical writing, you refer to other works. Why? Examples… • To explain to the reader the context in which your work is being done. • Who else has studied this problem? • To explain your technique and how it varies from what has been done before. • To inform the reader of issues such as instrument and data accuracy. lecture11

  2. AMS style… • It is your job to decide which papers, books etc. to include in your discussion • People WILL notice if certain ones are missing! • There tends to be a commonly-accepted body of background information for any given topic, embodied in certain papers. • Our tasks here are to explain how to refer to these papers: (a) in the text; and (b) in your list of references/bibliography. lecture11

  3. In the text itself, by example… • It was shown by Smith (1992) that the forcing is strongest in summer. • It was shown by Smith (1992, 1993) that the forcing is strongest in summer. • It was shown by Smith and Tran (1994) that the forcing is strongest in summer. • It was shown by Smith et al. (1996) that the forcing is strongest in summer. • For 1 author … Smith (1992, 1993) • For 2 authors … Smith and Tran (1994) • For 2 more than authors … Smith et al. (1996) lecture11

  4. Or… • It has been shown that the forcing is strongest in summer (Smith 1992). • It has been shown that the forcing is strongest in summer (Smith 1992, 1993). • It has been shown that the forcing is strongest in summer (Smith and Tran 1994). • It has been shown that the forcing is strongest in summer (Smith et al. 1996). • It has been shown that the forcing is strongest in summer (Smith 1992, 1993; Jones 2001). lecture11

  5. Take a moment to look through the introduction part of the journal article handed out for examples…highlight them. lecture11

  6. In the references/bibliography… • There is an AMS style which you must also stick to. • Example… • Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer off the Central California Coast: Mesoscale Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351. lecture11

  7. Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer off the Central California Coast: Mesoscale Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351. lecture11

  8. Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer off the Central California Coast: Mesoscale Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351. lecture11

  9. Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer off the Central California Coast: Mesoscale Conditions.Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351. lecture11

  10. Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer off the Central California Coast: Mesoscale Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351. See AMS guide P. 73. lecture11

  11. Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer off the Central California Coast: Mesoscale Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351. lecture11

  12. Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer off the Central California Coast: Mesoscale Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351. lecture11

  13. (I have no idea!) TASKS 1.Handed out & available on the class web page is a list of references from an AGU journal. Convert to AMS format and hand in! Where you have confusion, FIRST consult the AMS author’s guide, and SECOND ask me! 2.Handed out is a journal article from Nature. Convert references to AMS format and hand in! lecture11

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