Preferred formats for citations can vary among different scholarly disciplines, departments, professors, or individual journal publishers (for example, the American Mathematical Society). Consult with your professor, publisher, etc. as needed to select an appropriate style for your citations.
A few common citation styles in the natural sciences are:
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Chemistry: ACS (American Chemical Society) Style |
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- The latest edition of the ACS Style Guide is available at the Cooper Library Reference Desk: QD 8.5 .A25 2006.
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Library has created an excellent website on ACS Style Guidelines
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General Science: CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style |
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- Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers is available in Reference at Cooper Library (4 th floor): T 11 .S386 2006
- The University of North Carolina libraries have created a helpful web guide for learning CSE style
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Physics: AIP (American Institute of Physics) Style |
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- The AIP Style Manual (4 th ed., 1990) is out of print and has not been updated, but is available online in PDF format from the American Institute of Physics. See page 12 for example citations.
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See the Clemson Libraries Citation Guides page for additional style guides, including MLA (Modern Language Association, generally humanities), APA (American Psychological Association, generally social sciences), and the Chicago Manual of Style.
See the Journal Title Abbreviations page to locate the official abbreviations for your sources.
| RefWorks is an online program you can use to keep track of references and create bibliographies in your chosen citation format. |
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