Please consult the the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication for additional examples.
GENERAL FORMAT
See below for the format suggestions for authored and edited books.
The following are some things to remember when citing books using ACS:
(for more, see section 4.3.5.3: Books, Book Series, Book Sets, Continuously Updated Books, & Book Collections in the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication)
Many books are authored by one or more individuals, but do not have editors. This is an important thing to look for, as the citation format is different for each situation. The main thing to watch out for is if each chapter in a book has its own authors - this usually signals that it is an edited not an authored book.
You can cite either the whole book or a chapter in authored books.
GENERAL FORMAT - WHOLE BOOK
Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. Book Title; Series Title, Vol. number (if any); Publisher: Place of Publication, year.
GENERAL FORMAT - CHAPTER
Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. Chapter Title. In Book Title, edition number; Series Title, Vol. number (if any); Publisher: Place of Publication, year; pagination.
(for more, see section 4.3.5.3: Books, Book Series, Book Sets, Continuously Updated Books, & Book Collections in the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication)
The following examples show common types of e-books you might need to cite when they have been authored.
EXAMPLE
Waterhouse, A. L.; Sacks, G. L.; Jeffery, D. W. Understanding Wine Chemistry; Wiley, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/9781118730720
EXAMPLE
Cullen, W. R.; Reimer, K. J. Arsenic is Everywhere: Cause for Concern?; Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016. Retrieved from ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ubc/detail.action?docID=4773653 (accessed 2020-09-14).
EXAMPLE
Grainger, K.; Tattersall, H. Wine Production and Quality, 2nd ed.; Wiley, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/9781118934562
EXAMPLE
Waterhouse, A. L.; Sacks, G. L.; Jeffery, D. W. Amines, Amino Acids, and Proteins. In Understanding Wine Chemistry; Wiley, 2016; pp 40-50. DOI: 10.1002/9781118730720
Alternatively, other books are edited by one or more individuals, and the individual chapters also have unique authors. This is an important thing to look for, as the citation format is different for each situation. The main thing to watch out for is if each chapter in a book has its own authors - this usually signals that it is an edited not an authored book.
You can cite either the whole book or a chapter in authored books - but it is more common to see chapter references for edited books unless you are using multiple chapters from one book.
GENERAL FORMAT - WHOLE BOOK
Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. In Book Title, edition number; Editor 1, Editor 2, [continue until all editors are listed], Eds.; Series Title, Vol. number (if any); Publisher: Place of Publication, year.
GENERAL FORMAT - CHAPTER
Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. Chapter Title. In Book Title, edition number; Editor 1, Editor 2, [continue until all editors are listed], Eds.; Series Title, Vol. Number (if any); Publisher: Place of Publication, year; pagination.
(for more, see section 4.3.5.3: Books, Book Series, Book Sets, Continuously Updated Books, & Book Collections in the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication)
The following examples show common types of e-books you might need to cite when they have been edited.
EXAMPLE
Active Learning in General Chemistry: Specific Interventions; Blaser, M., Clark, T., Lamont, L., Stewart, J. J., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1340; American Chemical Society, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2019-1340
EXAMPLE
Mindful and Relational Approaches to Social Justice, Equity, and Diversity in Teacher Education; Kitchen, J., Li, Y., Raggonaden, K., Eds.; Mindfulness in Education; Lexington Books, 2019. Retrieved from ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/ (accessed 2020-09-14).
EXAMPLE
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 3rd ed.; Mullen, G. R., Durden, L. A., Eds.; Elsevier, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/C2017-0-00210-0
EXAMPLE
Molnar, B.; Bourne, C. A.; Freeman, T. K. Learn Smart: Success Strategies for First-Year Students. In Active Learning in General Chemistry: Specific Interventions; Blaser, M., Clark, T., Lamont, L., Stewart, J. J., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1340; American Chemical Society, 2019; pp 149-157. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2019-1340.ch010