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Citing Sources

A guide to introduce how to cite your sources, avoid plagiarism, and use the right style guides to format your citations.

CSE, ACS, IEEE Style Guides

CSE (Council of Science Editors)
ACS (American Chemical Society)
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

The Council of Science Editors (CSE) documentation style offers three systems of documentation: citation-name, citation-sequence, and name-year.

Guides:

CSE Documentation Style: UWisconsin-Madison
CSE Documentation Style: University of Minnestota
Offers a side-by-side comparison of all three systems

Developed by the American Chemical Society, the ACS style guide may be used for research papers in the field of chemistry.

Guides:

ACS Style Guide (eBook)
Available through SSU (SSU ID and Pin required)
ACS Style Guide (from University of Wisconsin-Madison) )
A link to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's guide to ACS style including examples.

Useful Tools:

CASSI (Chemical Abstract Service Source Index)
An online tool to help identify chemistry journal titles and abbreviations.

IEEE style provides general editing and reference guidelines for IEEE Transactions, Journals, and Letters.

Guides:

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Editorial Style Manual
IEEE Computer Society Style Guide
Examples of references formatting on page 32.

Last Updated: Oct 23, 2019 1:37 PM
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