Style Guides: Citing Your Sources
- ACS style guide. 3rd ed.
QD 8.5 A25 2006 Chem Reserves, Reference
- Chapter 14 (PDF)
- Examples (Univ. of Wisconsin)
- 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.
T 11 S386 2006 Life Science, PCL
- Examples (Ohio State)
- Formerly the "CBE Style Manual", this is the primary guide for publications in the life sciences.
** Both ACS and CSE are available as output styles in EndNote bibliographic software.
- Manual of scientific style.
T 11 M36 2009 Reference
- Write like a chemist : a guide and resource.
QD 9.15 W75 2008 Stacks
- All-purpose guide to professional writing in chemistry.
- EndNote
- EndNote bibliographic management software exports bibliographies in many different styles and makes building your personal bibliographic database much easier.
- Noodlebib
- Noodlebib is a web tool that allows you to organize your bibliography and easily output it in MLA, APA, or Chicago style.
If you are required to use official CAS title abbreviations in your references, you can find these in CASSI, the comprehensive and retrospective list of publications indexed by CA since 1907.
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