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Cite ACS Style

ACS guide according to The ACS Style Guide 3rd edition from the American Chemical Society.

Books

Single Author

Morris, R. The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table; Joseph Henry Press: Washington, DC, 2003.

Edited Book

Stocker, J. H., Ed. Chemistry and Science Fiction; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1998.

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.

Articles


Article in a scientific journal

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.



Web Publications

Web page
ACS Publications Division Home Page. http://pubs.acs.org (accessed Nov 7, 2004).

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).


Computer Program
Binkley, J. S. GAUSSIAN82; Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University: Pitssburgh, PA, 1982.

Theses, Patents and Conferences

Theses

Chandrakanth, J. S. Effects of Ozone on the Colloidal Stability of Particles Coated with Natural Organic Matter.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1994.
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 (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.

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.