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Citation Styles Playbook

The purpose of this playbook is to help you cite the sources used in your academic research.

What is the ACS style?

Cover ArtIn chemistry, the standard style for formatting citations is the ACS Style Guide, 3rd ed., developed by the American Chemical Society in 2006.

Most of the citations examples in Jessup Library's online manual are taken from the ACS Style Guide.

For more information, see this brief guide published by the ACS.