Bibliographic Citation Formats and Style Guides
AMA | APA | NLM | ICMJE | General Citation Tools
There are many style guide options for your reports and publications. Best practice is to consult your professor or publisher for their formatting preference. If you are not given a specific format select one style and use it consistently throughout your paper.AMA
Used primarily for clinical research.
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
REF R119 .AM3 2007
University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries: AMA Style Guide
The University of Findlay Shafer Library: AMA Citation Style: A Concise Guide
APA
Used primarily for social science research.
Purdue Online Writing Lab: APA Style
Lesley University Library: APA Format
Harvard Online Tutorial: APA Exposed
NLM
Citing Medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors and publishers
ICMJE
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Uniform Requirments
NLM's ICMJE Uniform Requirements: Sample References
University of Melbourne Library: Vancouver (numbered) style
General Citation Tools
Zotero: research not re-search
University of Toledo Mulford Health Science Library: Instruction to Authors
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