Interim Associate University Librarian, Rutgers University-Newark
About Bonnie
Bonnie L. Fong is the Physical Sciences Librarian on the Rutgers University-Newark campus. She serves as the liaison for the Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science, Mathematics, & Physics departments. After majoring in Chemistry as an undergraduate student, Bonnie taught high school chemistry for a couple of years, then managed the physical science laboratories at a nearby community college. She went on to earn her Master's degree in Library Science and has been a librarian at Rutgers since 2011.
Introduction
This guide is intended to complement and supplement the Chemistry Seminar (21:160:453) and PhD Seminar Present. (26:160:601) course.
** Please note that as the semester progresses, more information may be added to this site.**
Seminar Series
- Chemistry Seminar Series, Fall 2022- All seminars are held on Fridays at 11:30am, in LSC II, Room 130
Citation format
For this class, you will be following the citation style used by JACS (Journal of the American Chemical Society). According to pages 6-7 of the "Author Guidelines" for this journal, you should consult The ACS Style Guide, 3rd edition (The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication?) and be sure to include article titles and use journal abbreviations as listed in Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI).
- JACS (Journal of the American Chemical Society)Consider taking a look at some journal articles within JACS to see examples of how the References section looks.
(1) Mannix, A. J.; Zhou, X. F.; Kiraly, B.; Wood, J. D.; Alducin, D.; Myers, B. D.; Liu, X. L.; Fisher, B. L.; Santiago, U.; Guest, J. R.; Yacaman, M. J.; Ponce, A.; Oganov, A. R.; Hersam, M. C.; Guisinger, N. P. Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs. Science 2015, 350 (6267), 1513−1516.
(2) Feng, B. J.; Zhang, J.; Zhong, Q.; Li, W. B.; Li, S.; Li, H.; Cheng, P.; Meng, S.; Chen, L.; Wu, K. H. Experimental realization of two-dimensional boron sheets. Nat. Chem. 2016, 8 (6), 563−568.
Off-campus?
It is possible for current Rutgers students, faculty, and staff to access the Rutgers University Libraries' online resources off-campus. Be sure to go through the Libraries Website and you will be prompted to log in with your Rutgers NetID and password.
Ask a Librarian for Help
There are several ways to seek help from a librarian:
- Dana Library Reference DeskVisit our in-person Reference Desk Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, on the 1st floor of the Dana Library (in the same room as the computer lab)
- Ask Any LibrarianGeneral questions about the library can be asked of any reference librarian.
- chat live, Sunday-Saturday, 10am-10pm
- email at any time