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Common Citations
Course Text
Lehman, J.W. Operational Organic Chemistry: A Problem Solving Approach to the Laboratory. 4th ed. Pearson Education. 2009. p.144
MSDS - Methanol-d4
Methanol-d4. Safety Data Sheet number 151947 [online]. Sigma-aldrich: St. Louis, MO, July 25, 2018. www.sigmaaldrich.com/MSDS/MSDS/DisplayMSDSPage.do?country=US&language=en&productNumber=151947&brand=ALDRICH&PageToGoToURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigmaaldrich.com%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Faldrich%2F151947%3Flang%3Den (accessed June 18, 2019).
Additional Citations
The below citations are provided as examples of how to cite each source. For more information on the specifics of citing each format please refer to the ACS Style Guide:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-2006-STYG.ch014
Web page
Lowe, Derek. The Bottom of the Stem Cell Barrel, July 16, 2019. In The Pipeline. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2019/07/16/the-bottom-of-the-stem-cell-barrel (accessed January 25, 2020).
Article within a Webpage - No author provided
For an article within a website if authors are not given, make sure to cite both the article name, the website title, and date of publication/revision if given in addition to the URL with access date:
Ephedrine. PubChem Database. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Ephedrine (accessed on Jan. 25, 2020)
*Note: this is different than an online journal or online news article or other traditional format that just happens to be online. For example, if the article is published in a journal that just happens to be online, use the journal article citation format (look at the headings on the page if you are uncertain).
Article from an online journal
Fine, L. Einstein Revisited. J. Chem. Educ. [Online] 2005, 82, 1601 ff. http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2005/Nov/abs.1601.html (accessed Oct 15, 2005).
Article from full text database
Begley, S. When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons? Newsweek [Online] July 2, 2007, p 62. Expanded Academic Index. http:/galegroup.com (accessed Aug 23, 2007).
eBook without an editor
Tour, J. M. Molecular Electronics: Commercial Insights, Chemistry, Devices, Architecture and Programming [Online]; World Scientific: River Edge, NJ, 2003; pp 177–180. http://legacy. netlibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?product_id=91422&piclist =19799,20141,20153 (accessed Nov 7, 2004).
eBook with an editor
Oleksyn, B. J.; Stadnicka, K.; Sliwinski, J. Structural Chemistry of Enamines: A Statistical Approach. In The Chemistry of Enamines [Online]; Rappoport, Z., Ed.; The Chemistry of Functional Groups; Patai, S., Rappoport, Z., Series Eds.; Wiley & Sons: New York, 1994; Chapter 2, pp 87–218. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/ summary/109560980/SUMMARY (accessed April 24, 2005).
Computer Program
Binkley, J. S. GAUSSIAN82; Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University: Pitssburgh, PA, 1982.
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Article in a scientific journal - One Author
Klingler, J. Influence of Pretreatment on Sodium Powder. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 2755–2768.
Article in a scientific journal - Multiple Authors
Caruso, R. A.; Susha, A.; Caruso, F. Multilayered Titania, Silica, and Laponite Nanoparticle Coatings on Polystyrene Colloidal Templates and Resulting Inorganic Hollow Spheres. Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 400-409.
Article in a popular/non-scientific magazine
Squires, S. Falling Short on Nutrients. The Washington Post, Oct 4, 2005, p H1.
Single Author
Lehman, J.W. Operational Organic Chemistry: A Problem Solving Approach to the Laboratory. 4th ed. Pearson Education. 2009. p.144
Edited Book
Stocker, J. H., Ed. Chemistry and Science Fiction; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1998.
Book without Editor
Le Couteur, P.; Burreson, J. Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History; Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam: New York, 2003; pp 32–47.
Book in Series
Lignocellulose Biodegradation; Saha, B. C., Hayashi, K., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 889; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2004.
Chapter from a Book
Puls, J.; Saake, B. Industrially Isolated Hemicelluloses. In Hemicelluloses: Science and Technology; Gtenholm, P., Tenkanen, M., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 864; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2004; pp 24-37.
Theses
Mäckel, H. Capturing the Spectra of Silicon Solar Cells. Ph.D. Thesis, The Australian National University, December 2004.
or
Kulamer, T. M.S. Thesis, Princeton University, 2004.
Patents
Sheem, S. K. Low-Cost Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor. U.S. Patent 6,738,537, May 18, 2004.
Conference/Meetings (abstract only)
Prasad, A.; Jackson, P. Abstracts of Papers, Part 2, 212th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, Aug 25-29, 1996; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1996; PMSE 189.
Conference/Meetings (full-text)
Garrone, E.; Ugliengo, P. In Structure and Reactivity of Surfaces, Proceedings of the European Conference, Trieste, Italy, Sept 13-20, 1988; Zecchina, A., Cost, G., Morterra, C., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1988.
Safety Data Sheet
Methanol-d4. Safety Data Sheet number 151947 [online]. Sigma-aldrich: St. Louis, MO, July 25, 2018. www.sigmaaldrich.com/MSDS/MSDS/DisplayMSDSPage.do?country=US&language=en&productNumber=151947&brand=ALDRICH&PageToGoToURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigmaaldrich.com%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Faldrich%2F151947%3Flang%3Den (accessed June 18, 2019).