The current 3rd edition of the ACS Style Guide was published in 2006. Be sure to always use the most current edition.
ASC (American Chemical Society) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources in Chemistry.
In addition to the examples to the left, see these sections of the ACS Style Guide for how to cite other sources in ACS style:
For a more detailed explanation of how to use ACS style, see the ACS Style Guide.
Based on The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, 3rd Edition, 2006
Journal Article: Print (see pg. 291) |
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Klingler, J. Influence of Pretreatment on Sodium Powder. chem. Mater. |
Nonscientific Magazines and newspapers: Print (see pg. 299) |
Squires, S. Falling Short on Nutrients. The Washington Post, Oct 4, 2005, p |
Books: Print (see pg. 300) |
Without Editors: Le Couteur, P.; Burreson, J. Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules With Editors: Almlof, J.; Gropen, O. Relativistic Effects in Chemistry. In Reviews in |
Journal Article from a Database (see pg. 318) |
Hallet, V. Scanning the Globe for Organic Chemistry. U.S. News and World |
Articles published only electronically (see pg. 319) |
Zloh, M.; Esposito, D.; Gibbons, W. A. Helical Net Plots and Lipid |
Books: Online (see pg. 319-20) |
Without Editors: Tour, J. M. Molecular Electronics: Commercial Insights, Chemistry, Devices, With Editors: Oleksyn, B. J.; Stadnicka, K.; Sliwinski, J. Structural Chemistry of Enamines: |
Encyclopedia: Online (see pg. 320) |
Alkanolamines from Nitro Alcohols. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical |
Website (see pg. 320-1) |
ACS Publications Division Home Page. http://pubs.acs.org (accessed Nov |