Chemistry

Developed by the American Chemical Society, this style may be used for research papers in the field of chemistry.  This guide describes basic examples for citing sources in ACS style according to the 3rd edition of the ACS Style Guide.

The most recent edition of The ACS Style Guide can be found in the Reference stacks (R 808.06554 Ac78c)

To see examples of in-text citations and bibliography entries in ACS Style, see:

• ACS Style Quick Guide, from ACS
• ACS Style Guidelines from the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Many research databases such as EBSCO and ProQuest offer "cite this item" features, which generate citations in the most popular styles (MLA, APA, etc.) for any source that you find. You can then copy-paste these directly into your papers.

WARNING: Be sure to double-check these citations against the rules for proper style, since they are NOT always accurate.

Mendeley is a free research management tool that allows you to collect and organize the sources that you find in library databases and on the internet.  Mendeley offers the ability to share references and collaborate with others in groups, and it integrates with Microsoft Word, allowing you to automatically insert citations into a Word document and generate bibliographies using a variety of citation styles.    

Mendeley works particularly well with the Scopus database, allowing seamless exporting of citations from Scopus into your Mendeley reference library.

CCL Guide to Mendeley