Citation Endnote | Gaussian 09

Her advisor, a gruff physical chemist named Professor Hammond, had one unbreakable rule: “If you used Gaussian 09, you cite it properly. Not the manual. The primary literature. And it goes into EndNote perfectly, or I will print your .log files and eat them.”

The screen typed again: “I am the ghost of citations past. You will cite every author, or your SCF cycle will never converge.”

She returned to Word. She re-inserted the citation. The document updated. gaussian 09 citation endnote

Hammond leaned closer. “Delete the period after ‘al’ in the citation. The journal wants a comma. And for God’s sake, make sure you cited the Revision . If you used D.01 but cite A.02, your work is fraudulent.”

“Just use ‘et al.,’” said a voice. Her advisor, a gruff physical chemist named Professor

But then she saw it. In the , the official citation included that “et al.” after the tenth author. The ghost hadn’t lied. It had just taught her the difference between truncation and abbreviation .

Alena rubbed her eyes. “I’ve been awake for 36 hours,” she whispered. And it goes into EndNote perfectly, or I will print your

Alena smiled weakly. “EndNote is a cruel mistress.”

And deep within EndNote’s database, the ghost of Gaussian 09 smiled, knowing that tomorrow, someone else would forget to change the output style and begin the cycle anew.