Online Access to ACS Style Quick Guide
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ACS Style Quick GuideLink to the online ACS Style Quick Guide held in our American Chemical Society online publications platform. Login for off-campus access.
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ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication: Reference Formatting & Examples by Source TypesIn addition to the Quick Guide, ACS publishes a full style guide with details about each element of a citation, including what to do if a piece of information is missing, etc.
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ACS Style News Citation Example
Elements of the "Newspaper article from a database" Citation
ACS Style Journal Citation Example
Elements of the "Journal article from an aggregator database" Citation
CASSI Journal Title Abbreviation Search
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CAS Source Index (CASSI) search toolThis tool allows you to search for the accepted abbreviations for scholarly journals to use in your ACS citations. If your publication is not listed here, then use the full title.