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American Chemical Society

Works Cited Page

The American Chemical Society (ACS) style guidelines listed below illustrate the format used for citing reference information in the Chemical Sciences fields. The Chemical Sciences fields include Agricultural, Food, Medical, Organic, Inorganic, Physical, and Engineering Chemistries.

Compiling the Bibliography:

When compiling the Bibliography page, be sure to list references in the order of their appearance in your text. This differs from MLA and APA formats where references are cited in alphabetical order.

Note: Subsequent lines of reference material are aligned with the first row of information (i.e. Author (s). title, etc.). This differs from MLA and APA formats where successive information is tabulated inward five (5) spaces following the first line of documented information.

Citing Books, Periodicals and Patents

Citing a book without Editors

Author, A.B.; Author, C.D. Book Title; Series Name and number ( If applicable); Published: City, STATE (2 letters), year; Vol. 1, pp xx-yy.

Example:

Calvert, J.G.; Pitts, J.N. Photochemistry; Wiley: New York, NY, 1966; pp 156-186

Citing a Book with Editors. No authors named

Book title ; Editor, A.B.; Editor, C.D., Eds; Series Name and number (if applicable); Publisher: City, STATE (2 letters), year; Vol. 2 pp xx-yy.

Example:

Chemical Review ; Smith, C.R.; Johns, A.S., Eds; Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data; Carbunkle and Co.: New York , NY , 1999; Vol. 7, pp 19-37.

Citing a book with editors and authors names

Author, A.B. In book Title; Editor, C.D., Ed.; Series name and number (if applicable); Publisher: City, State (2 letters), Year; Vol. 3 pp xx-yy.

Example:

Johnson, S.M. In Chemistry Today; Sampson, R.M., Ed.; Wendleton Press: Los Angeles , CA , 2001; Vol. 4, pp 6-12.

Citing a Journal

Author, A.B.; Author, C.D. J. Abbrev . 19xx, vol, xx-yy.

Example: Kindling, T.E.; Journal of Phys . Chemi. 2002, Vol. 6 , 10-17.

Citing a Patent

Author, A.B. U.S. Patent 3, 123,456, year.

Example:

Maverick, S.T. U.S. Patent 2, 345,678

Citing Internet Source

Citing a URL (web Page)

Author, (if provided). Title of page. Address of page (date accessed).

Example:

Hsu, D. Chemicool Periodical Table. http://www.tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/(accessed Jan 1999).

Citing a Discussion List or Newsgroup Message

Example: Chemistry in the Community Discussion List, discussion of zinc and the common cold in archived messages of September 1998, CHEMCOM@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu

Citing an Online Periodical Article

Author(s). Title of article. Journal abbreviation {online] year, volume, pages.

Example:

McCoy, M. Chem. Eng. News . [Online] 1998, 76 , 21-22.

Citing In-Text

When citing sources in your text, cite by number, corresponding the author of your source in your text from the bibliography.

Example:

Oscillation in the reaction of benzaldehyde with oxygen was reported previously (3).

When citing in-text by number, begin with the numeral (1) one; then, proceed to cite in numerical order (i.e. 2, 3, 4…). If you duplicate a reference, use a reference number you originally assigned it. Never combine numbers and letters.

Example:

Bronson (2) reported oscillation in the reaction of benzaldehyde with oxygen.

Be sure to cite your references in a logical place with the sentence.

Example(s):

Recent investigations (cite)

A molecular mechanics study (cite)

As described previously (cite)

Marshall and Levine's approach (cite)

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