Online style guides for citing sources
AMA
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also available in print from the Holman Resource Library, C4-205.
APA
Chicago
MLA
- from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
- MLA citation style, from the University of Western Australia Library.
Vancouver – also known as the NLM Style Guide. However, as several sources have pointed out, this is one style that is NOT uniform and several institutions have slight variations of the basic style and even EndNote may not adhere to the style you are instructed to use.
- Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors & Publishers (with links to the individual chapters of the 2061 page document from the National Library of Medicine)
- Vancouver Referencing Guide, from the Farley Library at Wilkes University – includes several examples of how to cite using this style. This institution uses Citing Medicine as their basis.
- Vancouver citation style, from the University of Western Australia Library. This institution uses both Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors & Publishers and AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. This library also has several examples of database citations that might be helpful.
AHRQ - Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations
EBP & Research Council - Writing / Publishing / Presenting
Elsevier - For journal authors
PRISMA - protocols, checklists, extensions and other tools and resources when wrtiting systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, and other types of review articles.
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Gutman provides specific guidelines, based on the most commonly accepted reporting standards, for the preparation and writing of general research studies, intervention effectiveness studies, instrument development and testing studies, and case reports. Separate sections help authors understand how to correctly report statistics, the manuscript preparation and submission process, the revision process, and the etiquette guiding communication with editors and reviewers.
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