Citing Works in Chemistry
Chemistry 111 Spring 2004




One important aspect of your News Article Assignments is to properly cite your work.  The way this is done varies by discipline.  Since this is a chemistry class, I would like you to use the formats used in chemistry.

Within the text, when you make reference to information from one of your sources, it is most common to use a superscripted number1 or to use an italicized number in parenthesis (2).  Citations should be numbered in the order they are cited, starting at with 1.

The references should be grouped at the bottom of the page (footnotes) or the end of the paper (endnotes).  Either is fine.  The proper way to cite periodicals, books and internet sources are illustrated by example below.  For purposes of our assignments, I want you to include the title of the articles you use, even though it is not commonly done in chemistry publications in order to conserve space.


Periodicals:

Walczak, M.M.; Lantz, J.M. Well Wishes: A Case on Septic Systems and Well Water Requiring In-Depth Analysis and Including Optional Laboratory Experiments.  J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81(2) 218-220.

Online Periodicals:

Dreifus, Claudia  2 Friends, 242 Eggs and a Breakthrough.  New York Times [Online]
February 17, 2004, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/17/science/17CONV.html (accessed February 17, 2004).

Books without Editors:

Joesten, Melvin D.; Wood, James L.; Castellion, Mary E.  World of Chemistry Essentials, 3rd Edition.  Thomson/Brooks Cole:  Belmont, CA, 2004, p. 14-17.

Books with Editors:

Boehrer, John; Linsky Marty  Teaching with Cases:  Learning to Question.  In The Changing Face of College Teaching, No. 42, Svinicki, Marilla D. Ed.; New Directions for Teaching and Learning; Jossey Bass:  San Francisco, 1990, p. 41-57.

Online Sources:

Walczak, Mary M. Fundamentals of Chemistry.  http://www.stolaf.edu/courses/2003sem2/Chemistry/111/ (accessed February 17, 2004).


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