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Therefore the example would read:
- U.S. Department of the Interior, "Highlights in history of forest and related natural source conservation," Conservation Bulletin, No. 41 (serial number not italic), Washington, U.S. Dept. of the Interior (or U.S. Govt. Print. Off.), 1997. 1 p. (or p. 1).
Another Government periodical citation would read as follows:
- Reese, Herbert Harshman, "How To Select a Sound Horse," Farmers' Bulletin, No. 779, pp. 1-26 (1926), U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
Clarity may be maintained by capitalizing each word in book titles, but only the first word in the title of articles.
Other examples are:
- Preston W. Slosson, The Great Crusade And After: 1914-1928 (New York: Macmillan, 1940)
- Edward B. Rosa, "The economic importance of the scientific work of the government," J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10, 342 (1920)
or:
- Preston W. Slosson, The Great Crusade and After: 1914-1928 (New York: Macmillan, 1940)
- Edward B. Rosa, "The Economic Importance of the Scientific Work of the Government," J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10, 342 (1920)
Note that the principal words in both book titles and titles of articles are capitalized. Consistency is more important in bibliographic style than the style itself.
The science of bibliography is covered in many texts, and the following references are available for study:
- Better Report Writing, by Willis H. Waldo. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1965.
- Macmillan Handbook of English, by Robert F. Wilson. Macmillan Co., New York, 1982.
- The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003.
- Words Into Type, Prentice-Hall, New York, 1974.
