Plagiarism is using the work of someone else without giving that person credit.
Most plagiarism is unintentional.
Cite your sources to avoid plagiarism.
Don't forget to cite images on your poster (see below)!
The ACS Style Guide (Online) by
In the time since the second edition of The ACS Style Guide was published, the rapid growth of electronic communication has dramatically changed the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publication world. This dynamic mode of dissemination is enabling scientists, engineers, and medicalpractitioners all over the world to obtain and transmit information quickly and easily. An essential constant in this changing environment is the requirement that information remain accurate, clear, unambiguous, and ethically sound. This extensive revision of The ACS Style Guide thoroughly examines electronic tools now available to assist STM writers in preparing manuscripts and communicating with publishers. Valuable updates include discussions of markup languages, citation of electronic sources, online submission ofmanuscripts, and preparation of figures, tables, and structures. In keeping current with the changing environment, this edition also contains references to many resources on the internet. With this wealth of new information, The ACS Style Guide's Third Edition continues its long tradition of providing invaluable insight on ethics in scientific communication, the editorial process, copyright, conventions in chemistry, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing style for any STMauthor, reviewer, or editor. The Third Edition is the definitive source for all information needed to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts.
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ACS [w/ title] Format - Journal Article:
Holliday, A. E.; Holliday, N. J.; Mattingly, T. M.; Naccarato, K. M., Defensive Secretions of the Carabid Beetle Chlaenius cordicollis: Chemical Components and their Geographic Patterns of Variation. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2012, 38 (3), 278-286.
ACS [no title] Format - Journal Article:
Paley, R. S.; Laupheimer, M. C.; Erskine, N. A. K.; Rablen, P. R.; Pike, R. D.; Jones, J. S., Organic Letters 2011, 13 (1), 58-61.
ACS Format - Nonscientific Magazines & Newspapers (Print):
Fountain, H.A. Rogue Climate Experiment Has Ocean Experts Outraged. The New York Times, Oct 19, 2012, p A1.
ACS Format - Nonscientific Magazines & Newspapers (Online):
Fountain, H.A. Rogue Climate Experiment Has Ocean Experts Outraged. The New York Times, Oct 19, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/science/earth/iron-dumping-experiment-in-pacific-alarms-marine-experts.html (accessed Nov 19, 2012).
ACS Format - Book:
Voet, D.; Voet, J. G.; Pratt, C. W., Fundamentals of biochemistry: life at the molecular level, 4th ed.; Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, 2013; pp 32-47.
Web Sites:
Crasto, A. One Million Hits on Google. http://amcrasto.theeurekamoments.com /2012/01/09/million-hits-on-google/ (accessed September 7, 2012).
With citation management software you can:
Some options are EndNote, and Zotero. Here's how to use them:
