Earth Systems Science 100 (O'Day)

Environmental Chemistry in Natural Sciences

To Cite or Not to Cite?

Use this decision tree to determine when you need to cite.

* graphic from the UCSD's Social Sciences and Humanities Library

Resources

The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information.
Print copy in the UC Merced collection. Available for check out.
ACS Style Guide Web Page (Williams College Libraries)
Includes sample citations and instructions on how to format in-text citations.
ACS Citation Style (University of Wicsonsin-Madison)
This page notes now in text citation can be cited and gives examples of resource types formatted for a reference list. It refers to the 3rd edition of the ACS Style Guide, 3rd edition.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a citation management software tool available to UC Merced students, faculty and staff. RefWorks helps you ...

manage your research materials.
create bibliographies.
generate in-text citations. (Word, Google Docs)
annotate articles.
share references / documents with others.

See information on the new RefWorks interface.

Citation Generators

Citation generators are citation tools that are not as robust as citation managers, but they are fast to use for creating citations and bibliographies. Make sure to double-check the citations these tools generate; while using these can save you time, they are not perfect.