Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!udel!princeton!puppsr.Princeton.EDU!marty From: marty@puppsr.Princeton.EDU (Marty Ryba) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: apalike.sty Message-ID: <8959@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 2 May 91 14:32:46 GMT References: <1991May2.032429.1654@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU Reply-To: marty@pulsar.princeton.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Dept. of Physics, Princeton U. Lines: 31 In article <1991May2.032429.1654@agate.berkeley.edu>, ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) writes: >In article rolfl@hedda.uio.no (Rolf Lindgren) writes: >> >>I also need a conclusive argument from a psychologist why psychologists, of >>all people, have choosen to adopt this utterly ridiculous citation style. > > I don't think it's just psychologists, I know of a couple of > Mathematical Programming journals that allow "apa" as one of their > acceptable styles. The Astrophysical Journal and many other astronomy journals use apalike also. > > As a reader, I like the idea. If I am familiar with the bibliography, > the simple mention of "Calluphid (1978)" is enough to remind me of > which article the author is referring to. Numbered styles can't do > that. Me too. I hate having to page back and forth to the references list at the end of an article to check each numbered reference. It also makes the writing *clearer* I think. The in-text use of the author(s) name(s) in particular is redundant with the numbered footnotes. As for how to \cite these in-text citations, I simply write out the text and then include the proper \nocite at the end of the paragraph to get the references list correct. -- Marty Ryba | slave physics grad student (not much longer!) Princeton University | They don't care if I exist, Pulsars Unlimited | let alone what my opinions are! marty@pulsar.princeton.edu | Asbestos gloves always on when reading mail