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Most titles give a reasonable idea of the content of the article, whether it is theoretical or experimental, whether it is a review or it is a bibliography. If the citation would give the number of pages in the article, one really would have a reasonable amount of information about the article. Some years ago, I started reading extensively in the geophysical and geological literature in which citations give the authors' full names, the article titles, and the number of pages in the article. I was struck by what a gold mine these more complete references were. I was led much more efficiently to the papers I needed. I also found that I remembered citations and authors much more easily than in the physics literature. This made literature searches much easier. There is another reason that physicists develop bad habits concerning references. Many physics texts, especially introductory texts, have few references; some don't even have reading lists. If one grows up with textbooks with inadequate references and with professors who don't routinely refer students to the literature, how can good habits develop? It should not have to be the task of journal editors to teach physicists the importance of proper references and literature searches! All teachers should make a greater effort to encourage students to use the literature and AJP should take the lead in making references more informative.

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