CHEM 2181: Citing Sources

• The ACS Style Guide : effective communication of scientific information 

  SEL Ref QD8.5 .A25 2006
• The ACS Style Guide (online) 
• ACS Style Guide Reference Examples (Chapter 14) 
• OWL @ Purdue 

  Free writing help and teaching resources.

• Mendeley Citation Management Tool

  Mendeley is web-based and a free reference manager and academic social network.  Users can manage and organize their references, create and share annotations, collaborate with other users, and discover new content in their areas of interest.

   

DOI is an abbreviation for Digital Object Identifier. It is an alphanumeric code assigned to specific articles and other electronic publications. An analogy for a DOI is a cell phone number; if you call that number you can get that publication no matter where it is located on the internet. Also, like a cell phone number, DOI did not exist years ago but may be obtained later OR the particular publication may not have one. The difficulty is finding the DOI if it is not printed on the publication but was obtained after publication.

• The first thing is to check the article landing page (see examples below).
• Also, check the publication itself. It is usually clearly labeled DOI and begins with a 10. If it is printed on the document it is usually near the title, the author(s), or near the top or bottom margins (see example below).
• The DOI can also be provided as a hyperlink (see third example below).
• If the DOI is not on the document, you will have to do an internet search for it.
  • You can Google the article title, or
  • You can check the CrossRef site for it by going to http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/ and entering the appropriate information.

Examples: