ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication - 2020 - Link leads to eBook in Gitenstein Library
A Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry; Call number: QD8.5 D38 2010
RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to easily collect, manage, and organize bibliographic citations by interfacing with databases. RefWorks also operates directly with MS Word, making it easy to import citations and incorporate them into your writing as properly formatted footnotes or parenthetical citations according to the style of your choice.
NOTE: The RefWorks providers themselves urge you to examine your citations carefully to make sure they are correctly imported and formatted. To do this, you may need to consult the official style guide for whichever citation style your course requires.
Zotero is a free and open-source software that also allows you to collect and organize bibliographic citations. Like RefWorks, it also allows you to create citations and bibliographies in a number of styles. Zotero has a couple of specific advantages that set it apart from paid products like RefWorks and EndNote:
Although it does have a web version, to work best, Zotero needs to be downloaded onto your computer. To get started, visit Zotero's website here. Then use these resources to help get your Zotero up and running:
Journal Articles
Basic Format for ACS:
Author, A. A; Author, B. B; Author, C. C. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation (italics) Year (boldface), Volume (italics), Inclusive Pagination.
Examples:
Baum, R.M. Alcoholism and Family Abuse in Maggie and The Bluest Eye. Mos. 1986, 19, 91-105.
Bowering, G. Baseball and the Canadian Imagination. Can. Lit. 1986, 108, 115-24.
Basic Format for MLA:
Author, First Name. Title of Article in Quotes. Journal Name (italics) Volume.Issue (no space) Year: (Parentheses)
Pagination. Medium of publication.
Examples:
Baum, Rosalie Murphy. "Alcoholism and Family Abuse in Maggie and The Bluest Eye." Mosaic
19.3 (1986): 91-105. Print.
Bowering, George. "Baseball and the Canadian Imagination." Canadian Literature 108
(1986):115-24. Print.
Books
Basic Format for ACS:
Author. Title of Book; (italics) Publisher: Place of publication, Year of Publication.
Example:
LeCouteur, P.;Burreson, J. Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History; Putman: New York, 2003.
Basic Format for MLA
Author Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. (italics) Place of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Example:
LeCouteur, Pierre, and Jay Burreson. Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History.
New York: Putman, 2003. Print.