STEM Research Guide: Write | Cite | Publish

How do I cite in ACS style?

How do I cite in APA Style (7th Edition)? (Article, Book, Book Chapter | Website / in-text | in-text | APA handouts)

How do I cite in Chicago Style?

How do I cite in MLA Style?

How do I cite in CSE Style?

How do I cite in IEEE Style?

How do I cite in AIP Style?

How do I cite in AMA Style?

How do I cite in ASA Style?

Manuals can also give information/tips on writing a paper, posters, presentations, copyright, and more,  e.g. SEE The ACS Style Guide. 

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• In-text citations (APA)
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• APA 7th (max number authors is 20)
• Writing & Grammar
• What is common knowledge? (MIT)

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1. CSU ScholarWorks (i.e., our shared CSU institutional repository)
2. Recommended Data Repositories (from Nature)
3. Figshare
4. Dryad
5. National Technical Reports Library
6. re3data.org

For more information on Data Management Planning (DMP) from  National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)  and our DMP LibGuide

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1. Look at the journal's website (Publication format, scope, review times, impact factor, etc.)
2. Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities (Assist in selecting journals likely to publish a manuscript, acceptance rates, time of review, time of publications, freq. of publication, publisher, editorial info., etc. ). Cabell's classification.
3. Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Directory containing info about academic journals, e-journals, popular magazines, newspapers, e.g. peer-review status, start of publication, frequency of publication etc.).
4. Scopus - Journal Metrics (From Elsevier. Free metrics for serial titles in Scopus, e.g. SNIP score)
5. Google Scholar Metrics (Summarize recent citations to many publications)
6. EIGENFACTOR.org (Eigenfactor Score - measures the number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) year. Like the Impact Factor, the Eigenfactor Score is a ratio of number of citations to total number of articles.)
7. CWTS Journal Indicators (Indicators have been calculated by Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) based on the Scopus bibliographic database produced by Elsevier)
8. ERIH PLUS (originally called the European Reference Index for the Humanities or ERIH is an index containing bibliographic information on academic journals in the humanities and social sciences)