Asme Reference Format ((link)) Guide

[23] Tanaka, I., 1962, “Ghost grain boundary stress-strain data,” unpublished manuscript on paper napkin, Kyoto Bar Takumi, Japan, acquired by E. Vargas, 2014, currently in private collection, Zurich, Switzerland.

The next morning, the senior editor, a man named Harold Finch who had enforced ASME style for thirty-two years, opened her manuscript. He read the reference list. He put on his reading glasses. He took them off. He laughed—a dry, dusty sound—and then he frowned. asme reference format

She opened the ASME reference guide PDF (downloaded 47 times, printed twice). There was no category for "personal communication on bar ephemera." No rule for "unpublished, intoxicant-soiled primary source." [23] Tanaka, I

Harold picked up his red pen. He crossed out nothing. Instead, he wrote a single comment next to reference [23]: "Acceptable. Next time, buy the man a coaster." He read the reference list