American Chemical Society Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to American Chemical Society citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in American Chemical Society.

How to do citations in American Chemical Society style?

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How do you cite a book in the American Chemical Society referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in American Chemical Society using placeholders:

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Last Name, F. N. Title, Edition.; Editor Last Name, E. F. N., Ed.; Publisher: City, 2000.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
American Chemical Society citation:

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Angelou, M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed.; Random House: New York, 1969.

And an in-text citation book citation in American Chemical Society looks like this: ¹

How to reference a journal article in the American Chemical Society citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in American Chemical Society format?

Here’s a American Chemical Society journal citation example using placeholders:

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Author1 LastnameA. F.; Author3 LastnameA. F. Title. Container 2000, Volume (Issue), pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.

So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in American Chemical Society:

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Petit, C.; Sieffermann, J. Testing Consumer Preferences for Iced-Coffee: Does the Drinking Environment Have Any Influence?. 2007, 18 (1), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

How to cite a website in a paper in American Chemical Society style?

Here’s an American Chemical Society example website reference:

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Author1 LastnameA. F.; Author2 LastnameA. F. Title https://www.example.com (accessed Dec.4, 2021).

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

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Tran, M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed Dec.4, 2021).

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

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How to cite a YouTube video American Chemical Society

Here’s a American Chemical Society citation YouTube video example:

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ChannelName. Title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed Dec.4, 2021).

So how to cite a video American Chemical Society?

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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed Dec.4, 2021).

And an in-text video citation would look like this: ¹

How to cite a podcast using American Chemical Society referencing style

It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in American Chemical Society.

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Lastname, F. Title, 2000.

Podcast referencing example in American Chemical Society using “This American Life” episode 640:

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This American Life. 640: Five Women, 2018.

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

How to cite a piece of music or a song using American Chemical Society referencing style?

An example song citation in American Chemical Society.

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Lastname, F. Song Title; 2000.

Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in American Chemical Society:

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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun; 1969.

And an in-text citation would look like this: ¹

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