ACS Style: Where Is It Abbreviated From?
 
ACS comes from the American Chemical Society. ACS Citation Style grasps the rules established by the Society and used in all works published by it. The style may be used for research papers in the field of chemistry.
ACS Style: Official Papers
 
ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, 2006 ed.
 
ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors, 1997 ed.
 
ACS Style: Citations in Text
 
Referencing in ACS Style requires that citations in the text should be cited in italics in one of three ways: either by number, or by superscript number, or by author’s name and date. (more…)

NLM is abbreviated from the National Library of Medicine. This institution has adopted a series of rules for citing different resources, mostly the Internet ones, used in such fields, as medicine, physical therapy and occupational therapy. In these NLM citation style guidelines we will not dwell upon quoting all types of literature.
 
As for the last ones, we propose you a brief outline of NLM electronic referencing, based on the National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation.
 
At the beginning the work was used only by the government and academic institutions with the purpose of exchanging research information and data. Later, when the Internet became an unalienable part of every day life, the Supplement for the manual was adopted with a detailed description of citing materials from the Internet.
 
Referencing electronic materials in NLM citation style stick to the following rules: (more…)

American Antiquity is a quarterly journal, publishing papers on archeology. It deals with archaeological theory and practice. The journal is one of ”family members” in the big “clan”- Society for American Archeology journals. The rules of referencing, worked out by the Society, integrate in American Antiquity Citation Style.
 
If you have chosen this very paper’s formatting style for writing your paper (of course, going by your professor’s advice) you’d better follow the following principles:

• print the paper on one side only
• double space all sections of the paper
• use 12-point font
• leave a right-hand margin
• each section of the paper should be on a separate page
• write complete first names and middle initials for authors and editors
• list chronologically two or more works by the same author

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The first question that may come into your mind is Why should I reference? The answer is very simple: not to become a thief. How can you steal someone’s thoughts and ideas for your own benefit without being punished? There exist a legal methodology of using other people’s inventions. It’s called referencing, i. e. acknowledging sources of information you have used in your work. There are many types of citation styles, each of them having its pros and cons. In this article you may find some useful information about Chicago Citation Style.
 
So, if your professor prefers this very style, look through our Chicago Citation Style guidelines given below and create your own masterpiece.
 
Chicago Citation Style: peculiarities
 
Chicago Citation Style has two different systems of documentation: the humanities style (notes and bibliography)and the author-date style. Choosing between them depends on subject matter and nature of the sources cited. (more…)

AMA Citation Style incorporates the set of rules, recommended by the The American Medical Association Manual of Formatting Style, 9th ed.
 
The American Medical Association (founded in 1897, the largest association of medical doctors and medical students) in its Manual provides instructions and recommendations for authors and editors dealing with research works for review and publication.
 
Referencing in AMA Citation Style, you should keep in mind the following.
 
Authors:

• the names are to be inverted
• only initials for first and middle names should be used, with no space
• surnames should be followed by initials without periods
• surnames containing prefixes or particles should be spelled and capitalized according to the author’s preference
• in case there are more than 6 authors - the first 3 authors names are to be followed by “et al”; if there are 6 or less of them - all the names are included; if no author is given, you should start with the title

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