McGraw-Page Library: Chemistry: Citation Help

Style Manuals

The ACS Style Guide
Call Number: Reference QD8.5 A25 2006
ISBN: 9780841239999
Scientific Style and Format [CSE]
ISBN: 9780226116495
The Chicago Manual of Style
ISBN: 9780226287058
This is the electronic version of the popular style manual.

Communication Center

Writing help is located in the Communication Center, on the first floor of the library. When you come by, they set aside one-on-one time to help you. You will be helped by your fellow students, and they even have subject specialists.

Schedule an appointment
Choose 'Writing Consultant' at the bottom of the following link.

Mendeley

Mendeley is a citation management software that helps organize sources and generate citations and bibliographies. Click the links below to view the library's brief video tutorial videos how to set up Mendeley and how to get started using it.

Setting up Mendeley

Using Mendeley

Citation Help Sites

The library has many citation/publication style manuals in print, below are several sites we like for citation help.

ZoteroBib
ZoteroBib helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. It’s brought to you by the team behind Zotero. If you need to reuse sources across multiple projects or build a shared research library, we recommend using Zotero instead.

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
Online edition of the style guide. Includes access to the current edition and the one preceding it.

Purdue OWL: MLA tutorial and examples
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University is a site that provides explanations and examples of the MLA method of document formatting.
Purdue OWL: APA tutorial and examples
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University is a sitethat provides explanations and examples of the APA method of document formatting.
NCSU Library Citation Builder
Automatically generate bibliographic reference for several styles including CSE/CBE.
KnightCite (Calvin College)
Automatically formats citation information according to APA, as well as MLA and Chicago styles.

LaTeX

Several fields of research require writing with mathematical formulas. To easily, and correctly display these formulas, try LaTeX. Below is a link to a recommended LaTeX editor, free for use (one author), cloud based and easy to use.

Overleaf
Overleaf comes with a complete, ready to go LaTeX environment which runs on their servers. It also provides collaboration abilities between authors. There is a robust guide on how to get started, and answers many common questions.