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SciFinder Workshop: Plagiarism

The ACS Style Guide Book

How to avoid plagiarism

ACS formats for electronic copies of articles retrieved from a database provider

The ACS style guide is developed by American Chemical Society.

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Templates:
 
Author 1; Author 2; Author 3; etc. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation [Online]
    Year, Volume, Article Number or other identifying information. Database
   Provider. URL of top page (accessed Month Day, Year).
 
Author 1; Author 2; Author 3; etc. Title of Article. Title of Periodical [Online],
    Complete Date, Pagination. Database Provider. URL of top page
    (accessed Month Day, Year).
 
Sample:
Hallet, V. Scanning the Globe for Organic Chemistry. U.S. News and
    World Report [Online], April 19, 2004, p 59. Business Source Premier.
    http://www.epnet.com/academic/bussourceprem.asp
    (accessed April 24, 2005).
Excerpt from ACS Style Guide, 3rd edition, p. 318