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ACS - Referencing Guide

Sample Reference List

Formatting Your Reference List

The reference list should appear at the end of your paper. Begin the list on a new page.

The title References should be left justified.

The entries should appear as one numerical sequence in the order that the material is cited in the text of your assignment.

 The entire section is single-spaced.

 There are no indentations to any of the lines.

 Do not include live hyperlinks.

An Example

References 

1. Hoppert, M. Microscopic Techniques in Biotechnology; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2003. 

2. Klinger, J. Influence of Pretreatment on Sodium Powder. Chem. Mater. 200517, 2755-2768. 

3. Ford H. L.; Sclafani R. A.; Degregori J. Cell Cycle Regulatory Cascades. In Cell Cycle and Growth Control: Biomolecular Regulation and Cancer, 2nd ed.; Stein G. S., Pardee A. B., Eds.; Wiley-Liss: Hoboken, NJ, 2004; pp 42-67. 

4. Chemistry and Science Fiction; Stocker, J. H., Ed; American Chemical Society, 1998. 

5. Wanless, E. Surface Chemistry. The Science Show. ABC Radio National, April 5, 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/science.xml (accessed Apr 24, 2008). 

6. Berthod, A.; Ruiz-Angel, M.J.; Carda-Broch, S. Ionic Liquids in Separation Techniques. J. Chromatogr. A 20081184 (1-2), 6-18. 

7. Zahardis, J., Petrucci, G. A. The Oleic Acid-ozone Heterogeneous Reaction System: Products, Kinetics, Secondary Chemistry, and Atmospheric Implications of a Model System – A Review. Atmos. Chem. Phys2007(5), 1237-1274. DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-1237-2007

8. Caruso, R. A.; Susha, A.; Caruso, F. Multilayered Titania, Silica, and Laponite Nanoparticle Coatings on Polystyrene Collodial Templates and Resulting Inorganic Hollow Spheres. Chem. Mater. 200113 (2), 400-409. 

9. Solomons, T. W. G.; Fryhle, C. B. Organic Chemistry, 9th ed.; Wiley, 2008. 

10. Almlof, J.; Gropen, O. Relativistic Effects in Chemistry. In Reviews in Computational Chemistry; Lipkowitz, K. B., Boyd, D. B., Eds.; Vol. 8; Wiley, 1996; pp 203-244. 

11. American Chemical Society, Committee on Analytical Reageants. Reagent Chemicals: Specifications and Procedures, 10th ed.; 2006. 

12. Standards Australia. Safety in Laboratories: Microbiological Aspects and Containment Facilities; AS/NZS 2243.3:2002; Sydney, Australia, 2002. 

13. Bogdanchikova, N.; Simakov, A.; Smolentseva, E.; Pestryakov, A.; Farias, M. H.; Diaz, J. A.; Tompos, A.; Avalos, M. Stabilization of Catalytically Active Gold Species in Fe-modified Zeolites. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2008254 (13), 4075-4083. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.12.060 (accessed 2024-04-24 from ScienceDirect.) 

14. Carey, F. A.; Sundberg, R. J. Advanced Organic Chemistry, 5th ed.; Vol. 2; Springer, 2007. 

15. Saul, B.J. Chemistry Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Personal communication, 2002. 

16. Scientific Division, Working Group on Enzymes. International Federation of Clinical Chemistry: IFCC Methods for Measurement of Catalytic Concentration of Enzymes. Clin. Chim. Acta 1999281 (1-2), S5-S39. 

17. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry, 2nd ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York, NY, 2003. 

18. Beauge, J. School District Sued Over Burns Girl Suffered During Chemistry Class Demonstration. PennLive (Harrisburg, PA), November 17, 2018, updated November 17, 2018. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/11/school_district_sued_over_burn.html (accessed 2019-02-22). 

19. Marucho, M.; Kelley, C. T.; Montgomery Pettitt, B. Solutions of the Optimized Closure Integral Equation Theory: Heteronuclear Polyatomic Fluids. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 20084 (3), 385-396. DOI: 10.1021/ct700202h (accessed 2008-04-24 from American Chemical Society Journals.) 

20. Beardsley, T. Calculating Immunity. Sci. Am. 1999281 (3), 19. DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican091999-2EWDBSNWWRENmfrgvanDoY (accessed 2004-04-07). 

21. Atkinson, R. Gas-phase Tropospheric Chemistry of Organic Compounds: A Review. Atmos. Environ. 200741 (Suppl. 1), 200-240. 

22. Lewis C. Under pressure? Blow Off Steam. The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Apr 7, 2008, p 12. www.theage.com.au/education/under-pressure-blow-off-steam-20080407-ge6xkv.html (accessed 2024-07-01). 

23. O'Connor, N.; Lewin, K.; Moore, S.; Sediment Chemistry: Macroinvertebrate Fauna Relationships in Urban Streams; LWRRDC occasional paper 15/99; Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation: Canberra, Australia, 1999. 

24. Byrne, C. Molecular Scissors Slice DNA to Isolate Genes. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2006. http://csiro.au/files/files/p7i7.pdf (accessed 2008-04-02). 

25. Davis, J. Chemistry of Carbon. Introductory Chemistry (CH111). Moodle, Murdoch University, 2005. www.moodle.com/klmli/ (accessed 2008-07-01). (Video recording) 

26. Matlack, A. S. Introduction to Green Chemistry; Marcel Dekker: New York, NY, 2001. Retrieved from EBSCOhost, https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ (accessed 2008-04-24). 

27. Christensen S.; Oppacher F. An Analysis of Koza's Computational Effort Statistic for Genetic Programming. In Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming, Kinsdale, Ireland, April 3-5, 2002; Foster J. A., Lutton E., Miller J., Ryan C., Tettamanzi A.G., Eds.; Springer, 2002; pp 182-191. 

28. Dunham, W. Methane Spotted on Distant Planet. News in Science, ABC online, 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/03/20/2195187.htm?site=science (accessed 2008-04-24). 

29. Mikkelsen, S. R.; Cortón, E. Bioanalytical Chemistry; Wiley, 2004. DOI:10.1002/0471623628 

30. Modern Trends in Physics Research, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Modern Trends in Physics Research, MTPR-04, Cairo, Egypt, April 4-9, 2004; El Nadi, L., Ed.; American Institute of Physics: Melville, NY, 2005. 

31. Griffin, E. A.; Verboom, W. H.; Allen, D. G. Paired Site Sampling for Soil Carbon Estimation: Western Australia, National Carbon Accounting System Technical Report No. 38; Australian Government, Australian Greenhouse Office: Canberra, Australia, 2003, pp 125-136. 

32. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Environment Protection Mining and Manufacturing Industries, Australia, 2000–2001; ABS catalogue no. 4603.0; Canberra, Australia, 2002. www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/463E9041D2E972EACA256C2A00063C1F/$File/4603.0_2000-01.pdf (accessed 2024-07-02). 

33. Lee, H. C.; Pagliaro, E. M. Serology: Blood Identification. In Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences; Elsevier, June 9, 2005; pp 1331-1338. http://www.sciencedirect.com (accessed 2008-04-24). 

34. Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage. Personal Monitoring of Selected VOCs: The Contribution of Woodsmoke to Exposure; Technical report no. 8; Canberra, Australia, 2004. 

35. Cloverly, S. Segmented Flow Analysis. In Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, 2nd ed.; Worsfold, P.; Townshend, A.; Poole, C. Eds.; Elsevier, May 25, 2005; pp 210-216. DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369397-7/00549-5 

36. Shiers, D. Chemolithotrophic Batch Cultures and Solution Parameters. Honours Thesis, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia, 2004.