SCHOOL SCIENCEAND

MATHEMATICSOfficial Journal of the Central Association of Science

and Mathematics Teachers, Inc.

VOL. LXIVJANUARY, 1964WHOLE No. 561

�^cilto^& f^aaeSo You Want to Know About Citations?

From time to time the Editor receives queries from hopeful authorsabout the appropriate manner for preparing citations, bibliographiesand footnotes. In so far as the Editor is concerned, there is no "re-quired" style for articles that are submitted to SCHOOL SCIENCE ANDMATHEMATICS, although there is one that is preferred. In this issuethe Editor is suggesting the preferred style for preparing citations andbibliography. In a later issue, the preferred style for footnoting willappear.The Editor will accept other styles provided authors are consistent

throughout.Citations are suggested for the five basic categories of publications,

namely, periodicals, books, theses and dissertations, bulletins andpamphlets, and miscellaneous. All samples are fictitious.

I. Periodicals (second-class material that is published on a regular schedule)a. Smith, John L., "Elementary Science." Elementary School Journal, L

(August 1950), 116-7.b. Arthur, Joseph E. and Ellsworth, L. L., "Teaching Geometry." The

Mathematics Teacher, XXIV (February 1963), 22-34.c. ����, "Man Kills Wife." Kalamazoo Gazette, CIX (June 15, 1969), 6.

Note: 1. Authors^ name appear exactly as on article2. Title of article in quotes3. Title of periodical (magazine) underlined

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4. Volume number in Roman capitals5. In example "c" headline of newspaper article is title and is

quoted. Since no author is indicated, a 10-underscore line re-places the authors name.

II. Books (commercial publications)a. Johnson, Sam E., Modern Mathematics. Boston: Ginn and Co., 1954.

Pp. xiv +396.b. Miller, Edward E. (ed.), Readings in Science, New York: Harper and

Brothers, 1951. Pp. v +315.Note: 1. Title of book (total document) is underlined

2. Pages in preface are given in small Roman numerals3. In example "b" (ed.) refers to editor. The book is a compilation

of materials edited but not written by Miller.

III. Theses or Dissertations (prepared for a master’s, specialist, or doctor’s de-gree)a. Kenny, Arthur E., "Some Experiments for Teaching Junior High School

Science." Unpublished master’s thesis, Western Michigan University,Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 1963. Pp. iii +84.

b. Jackson, Richard L., "A Comparison of CBA and CHEM." Unpublisheddoctor’s dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,February 1963. Pp. xx +139.Note: 1, The date of the thesis or dissertation appears usually on the

slip on the cover2. There are no published theses. If published, they are treated as

some other type of document.

IV. Bulletins and PamphletsThese publications are among the more difficult to cite. They include re-

ports, summaries, or projects of special types. They may also be yearbooksof associations. In general, they are published documents that do not fit intoany of the above three categories. Ordinarily, the following items are in-cluded in the citation in the order indicated:

1. Author, authors’ committee or association that prepared it.2. Title of document.3. Identification of type of document, series, etc. to which it belongs.4. Who published it, where and when.5. Number of pages.

These vary greatly in style; hence, a number of different types of citationsare illustrated:a. Henry, Arthur B. (Chairman), Report of Committee on the Role of Sciencein the Junior College. Eighteenth Annual Monograph of the Society for theAdvancement of Education, Lancaster Press, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1961.Pp. 27.

Note: Henry, in this case, was the chairman of the committee preparingthe report.

b. ����, Mathematics Education in American Schools. Forty-Sixth Year-book of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I. Chi-cago: Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 1957. Pp. vii +306.Note: No author here is listed because an "unfilled" committee of the

Society did the job.

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c. Wise, John L., Teaching of Science in America. Bulletin 1956, No. 2,Educational Service Series, Office of Education. Distributed by theSuperintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 1956. Pp. ix +48.

d. Committee on College Requirements, Mathematics Requirements inAmerican Universities. Contributions to Education, No. 264, School ofEducation, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1947. Pp. 80.

Note: The committee there is listed as author since it represents a jointeffort.

V. Miscellaneous (This group consists chiefly of unpublished materials informs other than those listed above. Only the writers judgment sufficeshere.)a. Letter from John E. Watson, of the University of Minnesota, dated

June 15, 1958.b. Mimeographed report entitled "Science’^ delivered by William E.

Hudson to the Eighth Annual Convention of Teachers of Science, atthe Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 1956.

c. "Science in Industrial Arts." A mimeographed report of the MichiganCouncil of Industrial Arts, 1956. (unpaged.)

GEORGE G. MALLINSON, Editor

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