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- AMA Manual of Style - From Oxford University Press, publisher of the AMA Manual of Style.
- AMA Manual of Style (brochure) - Mercer University Library
- APA Style - From the Purdue University writing lab.
- Citing Medicine The NLM Style Guide for authors, editors, and publishers.
- Instructions for Authors - Biomedical Publications These pages provide links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 6,000 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to "primary sources".
From the Mulford Health Science Library University of Toledo. - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (also known as Vancouver style) from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. These manuscript guidelines were first developed by a group of medical journal editors in 1978. They have been revised frequently and are currently followed by more than 500 biomedical journals, which include many of the requirements in their instructions to authors.
- List of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE Journals and their abbreviations from the PubMed Journal Database. Search by topic, title or ISSN, or browse by subject terms.
- Purdue OWL: Medical Writing Basic suggestions on medical writing
- Vancouver Style: Sample References From the National Library of Medicine. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals - aka Vancouver Style.
- Web of Science Find "who has cited who" using Web of Science. Tools include cited reference searching, Citation Maps, and the Analyze Tool.
- Zotero LibGuide
Reference Requirements
References serve three distinct purposes:
1) documentation
2) acknowledgement
3) directing readers to additional resources
Authors are solely responsible for the accuracy of references within their work, therefore it is imperative that primary sources are always consulted.
Do not cite a source that you have not examined.
References must include certain data to ensure that the data can be identified and retrieved. Please refer to section 3.4 (p. 42) of the AMA Manual of Style to view the minimum acceptable data for references.
The AMA style divides references into bibliographic groups using a period. Each period separates bibliographic groups, ie. author information, title, publisher information, etc., and sets a sequence of bibligraphic elements. Bibliographic elements refers to the different items within each bibliographic group. Bibliographic elements are differentiated with three different punctuation marks.
Example: Author(s). Article title. Journal name. Year; vol (issue no.):pages.doi.
Use a comma if items are subelements or closely related elements. For example, up to six author names are separated by comma within the author bibliographic group.
Use a semicolon to separate different types of elements within a bibliographic group. For example, within the publisher bibliographic group, a semicolon is used between the publisher's name and the copyright year. A semicolon is also used to differentiate between logically related elements within a bibliographic group. A semicolon is used before volume identification data.
Use a colon before the publisher's name, between the title and subtitle and after a connecting or explanatory phrase such as Presented at: or Quoted by: or Cited by:.
For additional information, please Section 3.1 (p. 40-41) of the AMA Manual of Style (2007).
How to cite an e-book in AMA style
Follow the format for a regular book, and then add the URL and “Accessed” date at the end.
Example:
Riordan-Eva P, Cunningham ET. Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology. 18th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2012. http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookid=387. Accessed January 4, 2016.
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