That science has advanced so rapidly in the last few centuries is largely due to the major developments in communications and publishing technology, starting with the invention of the printing press and movable type. ![]() The terms CITATION and REFERENCE are used interchangeably in this context to refer to items of a bibliography. One of the most important things to grasp in this session is the conventions used in formal science writing, such as the use of abbreviations for journal titles and the frequent omission of article titles from the citations. Included are such things as chemical structure drawing programs that integrate with word processing programs or structure-searching databases, bibliography reference manager software (products/reference tools that facilitate putting bibliographic references in the proper format) as well as tools to help you formally name chemical substances, etc. The objective of this chapter is to introduce you to some tools that will assist in the task of writing. 5 CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index) and The ACS Style Guide. ![]()
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