Research Guides: Chem 300: Chemical Literature: Citing & Writing & Presentations

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Style Guide

ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication
The new ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication. Covers all instructions from previous editions of The ACS Style Guide - completely updated and modernized - as well as a wealth of brand new chapters covering everything from preprints, Open Access, machine-readable data, and much more.

The ACS style guide: Effective communication of scientific information by Lorrin R. Garson (Editor); Anne M. Coghill (Editor)
Call Number: 540.02 D661a
Publication Date: 2006
Print copies are available in reference and general stacks of the library. An ebook is also available. See Chapter 14 for reference and citation information and examples.

ACS Style Quick Guide
Quick Guide to Citing Using the ACS Style Guide from Pennsylvania State University's Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library.
CASSI Search Tool: Chemical Abstracts Source Index - find periodical titles from abbreviations and the other way too! ACS Style requires that journals names be abbreviate.

Chemistry Writing and Guides to the Literature

Write Like a Chemist by Marin S. Robinson; Fredricka L. Stoller; Molly Costanza-Robinson; James K. Jones
Call Number: ONLINE & 808.0665 R564
Publication Date: 2020
Available as an ebook and print book.
The Literature of Chemistry by Judith A. Douville
Call Number: Ref 540.16 D749
Publication Date: 2004

Chemical Information Sources
A wikibook maintained by the Chemical Information Division of ACS.

Scientific Writing and Presentations

The Art of Scientific Writing by H. F. Ebel; Claus Bliefert; William E. Russey
Call Number: Ref 808.0665 E32
Publication Date: 2004
Doing science: Design, analysis, and communication of scientific research by Ivan Valiela
Call Number: 507.2 V238a
Publication Date: 2009
The Craft of Scientific Presentations by Michael Alley
Call Number: 501.4 AL54
ISBN: 9781441982780
Publication Date: 2011-08-31

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Writing Center

Having trouble putting it all together? The SMC Center for Writing Across the Curriculum (CWAC) offers peer-to-peer advising sessions for both undergraduate and graduate students. See the CWAC website for more information, call 925-631-4684, or stop by their office on the first floor of DeLaSalle.