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CHEM 2119: Lab Methods in Organic Chemistry

Finding articles and chemical properties.

ACS format: journal articles

A citation for an article in ACS (American Chemical Society) format follows this model:

Last name, Initials; Last name, Initials (list each author). Article Title in Title Case: With the Subtitle in Title Case. Journal title abbreviation in italics. publication year in bold, Volume number in italics provided (issue number in parentheses if provided), page numbers first - last. DOI: 10.somenumber/lettersandornumbers

For articles with more than 10 authors, place "et al." after the tenth author's name.

Some articles are available in the ACS database and Scifinder before they have appeared in a journal issue. A database might indicate these articles with notes such as early access, or just accepted, or as soon as publishable. These articles may not a date, volume or issue numbers, or page numbers. To cite early access articles, use the term [online early access] in brackets instead of the missing information.

Example:

Foster, J. C.; Varlas, S.; Couturaud, B.; Coe, J.; O’Reilly, R. K. Getting into Shape: Reflections on a New Generation of Cylindrical Nanostructures’ Self-Assembly Using Polymer Building Block. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (7), 2742−2753. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08648

For more examples and citations of non-journal sources, see ACS Style Quick Guide, available online and in the library (under call number QD8.5 A25 2006).

Journal Abbreviations

Look up journal abbreviations using CAS's CASSI tool.

ACS format: patents

A citation for a patent in ACS format follows this model:

Last name, Initials; Last name, Initials (list each patent owner). Title of patent. Patent number, Date.

Examples:

Hoag, G. E.; Chheda, P. V.; Woody, B. A.; Dobbs, G. M. Chemical oxidation of volatile organic compounds. U.S. Patent 6,019,548, May 5, 1998.

Strauss, C. R.; Faux, A. F. Method and apparatus for continuous chemical reactions. U.S. Patent 5,387,397, October 10, 1988.

For citations of non-journal sources, see ACS Style Quick Guide, available online and in the library (under call number QD8.5 A25 2006).