Chemistry & Biochemistry

It's important to cite sources that you used in your research. You cite,

• To show your reader that you have done proper research and your work is credible
• To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledge them
• To avoid plagiarism by quoting words and ideas that you have taken from other authors
• To allow your reader to track down the sources through your citations. You need to cite your sources accurately when you write through footnotes, a bibliography/reference list

Citation styles

There are many different ways of citing resources from your research. The citation style sometimes depends on the academic discipline involved.

 ACS (American Chemical Society) Style Guide

• The ACS style guide: effective communication of scientific information (NMSU Library)
• ACS Style Guidelines (from UW-Madison Libraries). provides examples for citing references in the text and the bibliography.

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Other citation style guides:

• CSE - Council of Science Editors  for biology and other sciences

• CSE - (from Ohio State University Library)

• AMA - (American Medical Association) – (Health Sciences Library, New York Medical College​)

• APA - (from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue)

• MLA - (from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue)

• Brief Guide to citing Government Documents - (Univ of Memphis Government Publications Department)