AMA is the citation style used in the Nutrition program. Find out more on how to do different types of citations below.
Citing Electronic resources:
Type of Entry |
Reference List |
Online journal article with volume and page information | Allison MA, Hurley LP, Markowitz L, et al. Primary care physicians’ perspectives about HPV vaccine. Pediatrics. 2016;137(2):e20152488. doi:10.1542/peds.2015-2488 |
Online journal article available online before print publication | Tamburini S, Shen N, Chih Wu H, Clemente JC. The microbiome in early life: implications for health outcomes. Nat Med. Published online July 7, 2016. doi:10.1038/nm4142 |
Web site | King MW. Carbohydrate Nomenclature. The Medical Biochemistry Page. Updated April 2, 2020. Accessed June 3, 2020. http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org. |
Online book | Gilmore K, Meersand P. Normal Child and Adolescent Development: A Psychodynamic Primer. American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2014. Accessed August 12, 2019. https://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/1585624365 |
Chapter from an online book | Creating safety systems in health care organizations. In: Kohn, LT, Corrigan, JM, and Donaldson MS, eds. To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Washington, DC: Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine; 2000: chap 8. Accessed November 1, 2016. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.ptp?record_id=9728&page=155 |
Online reference | Amoxicillin. Micromedex. Truven Health Analytics; 2020. Updated June 2, 2020. Accessed July 22, 2020.http://www.micromedexsolutions.com/micromedex2/librarian# |
Preprints | Bloss CS, Wineinger NE, Peters M, et al. A prospective randomized trial examining health care utilization in individuals using multiple smartphone-enabled biosensors. bioRxiv. Preprint posted online October 28, 2015. doi:10.1101/029983 |
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Citing Print Resources
Type of Entry |
Reference List |
Book—single author |
Shepard TH. Catalog of Teratogenic Agents. 7th ed. Johns Hopkins University Press; 1992. |
Book—more than one author (list all authors if six or less, otherwise list first three followed by "et al.") |
Baselt RC, Cravey RH. Disposition of Toxic Drugs and Chemicals in Man. 4th ed. Chemical Toxicology Institute; 1995. |
Book—with editors |
Armitage JO, Antman KH, eds. High-dose Cancer Therapy: Pharmacology, Hematopoietins, Stem Cells. Williams & Wilkins; 1995. |
Chapter from a book |
Degner LF, McWilliams ME. Challenges in conducting cross-national nursing research. In: Fitzpatrick JJ, Stevenson JS, Polis NS, eds. Nursing Research and its Utilization: International State of the Science. Springer; 1994:211-215. |
Monographic series |
Davidoff RA. Migraine: Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and Management. FA Davis; 1995. Contemporary Neurology Series; No 42. |
Article from journal— single author |
Moldofsky H. Sleep, neuroimmune and neuroendocrine functions in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Adv Neuroimmunol. 1995;5(1):39-56. |
Article from journal— more than one author (list all authors if six or less, otherwise list first three followed by "et al.") |
Raux H, Coulon P, Lafay F, et al. Monoclonal antibodies which recognize the acidic configuration of the rabies glycoprotein at the surface of the virion can be neutralizing. Virology. 1995;210(2):400-408. |
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