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ACS Style Manual

Many chemistry journals use ACS (American Chemical Society) Style for citations. The library has a copy of the full manual in the Reference Collection.

The ACS Style Quick Guide provides additional example citations.

In-Text Citations

There are three ways to provide in-text citations using ACS:

1. Use superscripts at the end of the in-text citation.

Example

The transmittance and sheet resistance of graphene-based transparent conductive films meet the requirements for resistive touch screens.1

2. Use numbers in parentheses at the end of the in-text citation.

Example

The transmittance and sheet resistance of transparent conductive films meet the requirements for resistive touch screens (1).

3. Use the author and date in parentheses at the end of the in-text citation.

Example

The transmittance and sheet resistance of transparent conductive films meet the requirements for resistive touch screens (Bonaccorso et al., 2010).

Note: If you look at page 288 of the chapter on References in the ACS manual, you will see that most ACS journals use the first of these three options.

See pages 287-290 for more details on in-text citations.

References List

After you provide an in-text citation in the body of your paper, you need to include a full reference in the References list at the end of the paper. Sample references are provided below.

Reference Examples

Bibliographic Information

Author: Mark Miodownik
Title: Stuff matters: exploring the marvelous materials that shape our man-made world
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place of Publication: Boston
Publication Date: 2014

Reference

Miokownik, M. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Boston, 2014.

See pages 300-306 of the manual for more information.

Bibliographic Information

Authors: Jonathan Wassei and Richard B. Kaner
Title of Article: Graphene, a promising transparent conductor
Journal Abbreviation: Mater. Today
Year: 2010
Volume: 13
Pages: 52-59
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702110700341
Access Date: September 9, 2015

Reference

Wassei, J.; Kaner, R. B. Graphene, a Promising Transparent Conductor. Mater. Today [Online] 2010, 13, 52-59. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702110700341 (accessed Sept. 9, 2015).

See pages 316-319 of the manual for more information. For journal abbreviations use CASSI.

Bibliographic Information

Authors: F. Bonaccorso, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, and A. C. Ferrari
Title of Article: Graphene photonics and optoelectronics
Journal Abbreviation: Nat. Photonics
Year: 2010
Volume: 4
Pages: 611-622
Database name: Academic Search Complete
URL of top page: http://search.ebscohost.com/
Access Date: September 9, 2015

Reference

Bonaccosros, F.; Sun, Z.; Hasan, T.; Ferrari, A. C. Graphene Photonics and Optoelectronics. Nat. Photonics [Online] 2010, 4, 611-622. Academic Search Complete. http://search.ebscohost.com/ (accessed Sept. 9, 2015).

See pages 316-319 of the manual for more information. For journal abbreviations use CASSI.

Bibliographic Information

Author: Mike Williams
Title of Document: Dream screens from graphene
Year: 2011
Title of Site: Rice University News & Media
URL: http://news.rice.edu/2011/08/02/dream-screens-from-graphene-2/
Access Date: January 21, 2016

Reference

Williams, M. Dream Screens from Graphene, 2011. Rice University News & Media Web site. http://news.rice.edu/2011/08/02/dream-screens-from-graphene-2/ (accessed Jan. 21, 2016).

See pages 320-321 of the manual for more information on citing websites and web documents.

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