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She reached for her well-worn copy of ASME Standards for the Communication of Technical Information . The burgundy cover was smudged with coffee rings and pencil marks. Inside, Section 4.2.3 ruled her world: "The reference list shall include all cited works, arranged in the order of citation, using the numbered sequential format."
Her finger traced the example: [1] Smith, J. A., and Lee, B. T., 2019, “Creep Behavior of Inconel 718,” ASME J. Eng. Mater. Technol., 141(3), p. 031002.
She typed:
She clicked "Submit to ASME Digital Collection."
At 2:17 AM, Elena made a choice that would either make her legend or get her blacklisted from every technical committee in the world. asme reference format
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."
The citation she needed was not for a journal. It was not for a conference paper or a standard. It was for a napkin. She reached for her well-worn copy of ASME
Desperate, she scrolled to Section 8.7: Unpublished and Informally Published Works. The rule stated: Cite as [number] “Author(s), year, ‘title of document,’ unpublished, source (if any), location.”