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Citing & Style Guide
- ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication This link opens in a new windowGuide to scientific communication and publication, writing about your research, and scientific and editorial style conventions | Updates the ACS Style Guide and contains all instructions from previous editions | Overview of preprints, open access, machine-readable data, and more
Citation Management Tools
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Journal Abbreviations
- CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search ToolUse this tool to identify the accepted standard abbreviation for journal titles or learn the full name of an abbreviated journal title. Note: Check the box for "Exact match" to the right of the search box to locate your journal quickly.
Naming & Nomenclature
- CAS SciFinder-n This link opens in a new windowThe gold standard for chemical substance information. Use the Substances search. CAS Registry Numbers, substance names, and other names for substances are provided. *Access to this database requires one-time user registration*
- IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology (Gold Book)From the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
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