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Style Guides: Citing Your Sources



Citation style varies widely across disciplines and even across individual journals in the same field.

ACS style guide. 3rd ed.
print QD 8.5 A25 2006 Chem Reserves, Reference
Chapter 14 (PDF)
Examples (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Quick Guide (Penn State)
Guide to writing and preparing papers for publication in the chemical sciences. The entire book is not available electronically, but Chapter 14, which covers reference formats for various types of publications, is freely available via the ACS Publications site.

Council of Science Editors. Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. 7th ed.
print T 11 S386 2006 Life Science, PCL
Examples (Ohio State)
Examples (Dakota State)
Formerly the "CBE Style Manual", this is the primary guide for publications in the life sciences.

Manual of scientific style.
print T 11 M36 2009 Reference

Write like a chemist : a guide and resource.
print QD 9.15 W75 2008 Stacks
All-purpose guide to professional writing in chemistry.

** Both ACS and CSE are available as output styles in the EndNote bibliographic software.

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