American Chemical Society (ACS) Style
The American Chemical Society (ACS) style is widely used in chemistry related publications, especially ACS publications. Other journal publishers may have different style requirements. Check publishers' information for authors to decide which style to use.
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The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information. |
Other online guides about ACS Style:
- Summary of ACS style guidelines from the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Library
- Quick Guide for ACS Style from the Penn State University
- ACS citation style from Concordia University Libraries, Canada
Citation Management Software
Citation Mangement Software will help you collect, organize and annotate your reference citations and PDF document. It will aslo help you to create bibliography records automatically while you write your own article. Here are a few ones you may choose from.
- Endnote (Student discount available at U-M Compute Showcase) http://showcase.itcs.umich.edu/item.php?cat=71&id=2856
Research Guide: https://guides.lib.umich.edu/endnote - Zotero (Free, Firefox plug-in) http://www.zotero.org/
Research guide: http://guides.lib.umich.edu/zotero - Mendeley (Free) http://www.mendeley.com/
Tutorials http://www.mendeley.com/blog/category/research-tutorials/
For comparisons of all kinds of reference management software available
http://guides.lib.umich.edu/citationmanagementoptions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software