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Referencing in the sciences is quite a bit different than in the humanities.
Referencing: The Chemistry Way
There are 2 parts to proper referencing: The citation and the literature or works cited
1) Citations:
Belong in the body of the report, attached to the figure/picture, or at the end of a sentence or group of sentences.
MUST be used any time that you get an item or an idea from somewhere other than yourself.
Basically, if you had to look it up, you must cite it.
It is not just when you are quoting word for word.
In chemistry, the citation is identified by a number that corresponds to that source in your literature cited.
The numbers are in order of appearance. For example, the first source you use becomes (and stays) number 1.
The numbers are written as subscripts at the end of the sentence, or at the end of the description of the picture/figure that you have included.
Ex: According to the Law of Conservation of Matter, it is expected that the mass of the reactants must equal the mass of the products. (1)
2) Literature Cited:
Comes at the end of the report, lab, or on the back of your poster
The sources are listed in the order that you used them and are numbered starting at 1.
The sources are written exactly as they would be in your other subjects: author(s), Title, year, publishing company, publishing place, page number(s)
Ex:
Literature Cited:
1) Zumdahl, Steven S.,
Chemistry: Second Edition
, 1989, D.C. Heath and Company: Toronto, pg. 40
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