ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication
- contains information on citing in ACS Style, in addition to information on writing and publishing in the field of chemistry, and more. It is available in digital format only, through the Libraries. Go to this page https://bit.ly/2Ocjwfp and under Full Text Availability, click where it says ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication. You will need to be logged in to view the book chapters.
The official Quick Guide to ACS Style is located here: https://pubs-acs-org.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/doi/full/10.1021/acsguide.40303
The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication replaces the ACS Style Guide.
Hint
For Part I of your assignment, you are referencing a reaction in an online article. The correct format is shown under For an online journal article.
For Part II, you are probably referencing articles you found in a database. The format for this is shown under For an article taken from an online index (Such as SciFinder).
Formatting citations
Note that the journal name is abbreviated for ACS Style citations. These abbreviations can be found in the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index or CASSI, which is available in the library. A search tool is also available online. For a core list of journal abbreviations, see this link from CAS. (Use the journal abbreviation under the journal title, not the CODEN.)
The following examples of citations for journal articles are taken from the ACS Style Quick Guide. Bolding, italics, and punctuation are all important.
For an article taken from an online index (Such as SciFinder):
Lanzotti A.; Grasso M.; Staiano G.; Martorelli M. The Impact of Process Parameters on Mechanical Properties of Parts Fabricated in PLA with an Open-source 3-D Printer. Rapid Prototyp. J. 2015, 21 (5), 604−617. DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-09-2014-0135 (accessed 2019-11-22 from ProQuest: Materials Science & Engineering Collection).
For an article from an online journal:
Foster, J. C.; Varlas, S.; Couturaud, B.; Coe, J.; O’Reilly, R. K. Getting into Shape: Reflections on a New Generation of Cylindrical Nanostructures’ Self-Assembly Using Polymer Building Block. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (7), 2742−2753. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08648
Notes:
Some publications list the first 10 authors followed by a semi-colon and et. al.; check the guidelines. (from the ACS Style Guide)
The journal Biochemistry is an exception. Consult this journal’s instructions to authors for the correct format. Refer to the style guide for differences between online and print sources.
When using ACS Style, if you have any questions you should refer to the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication, Chapter 4, Creating References.