Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!princeton!phoenix!bathurst From: bathurst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Bathurst) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: apalike.sty Message-ID: <9141@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 6 May 91 18:43:11 GMT References: Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU Distribution: comp Organization: Princeton University Lines: 26 The natural sciences have been using APA-style referencing in journal articles since the death of footnotes. In expository writing, the sciences use numbered references, the numbers either raised as superscripts or placed in brackets. When reading research, I would like to see a reference to each claim made; and I know previous articles first by author, then date, then vague title, then journal. Thus a reference to Knuth (1968) is probably a reference to the first volume of his treatise; this reference is the smallest possible that allows me to recognize that work. Further, knowing the dates of important research is important, and this style encourages that. When I published an expository paper, the editor rewrite my references into APA-style. After a quick phone call, in which I argued that the flow of the writing was more important than the references, he changed them all back to superscripted numbers. I find references with no titles to be an insult to readers and to science! Bruce Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 bathurst@phoenix.princeton.edu bathurst@pucc.bitnet !princeton!phoenix!bathurst