Citing Sources for PBL
J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library
Fall 2014
Colleagues need to be able to look up your sources used on PBL assignments and exams.
The following examples follow the AMA Style (10th ed). You may use another style, just
be consistent in its use and include all required information. Check the resource help
link or ask your librarians if you have questions.
Access Medicine
Use “Get Citation” to have AccessMedicine generate a citation you can copy and paste.
LeBlond RF, Brown DD, DeGowin RL. Vital signs, anthropometric data, and
pain. In: LeBlond RF, Brown DD, DeGowin RL. eds. DeGowin's Diagnostic
Examination, 9e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2009.
http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=370&Sectionid=4049949
7. Accessed July 31, 2014.
Clinical Key
Citation depends upon document type – book, chapter, journal. Example below is for a book
chapter.
Biro FM. Normal growth and development. In: Slap GB. Ed. Adolescent Medicine.
Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2008. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed July 31,
2014.
Dictionary
Maureen Barlow Pugh et. al., ed. Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 28 ed. Baltimore,
MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006. http://online.statref.com. Accessed July
31, 2014.
DynaMed
To provide the most detail regarding currency of the DynaMed topic cited, include the date when
the topic was last updated. The last update is found immediately under the topic title when you
access the topic online.
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Citing a specific record:
Acetaminophen poisoning. In DynaMed [database online]. EBSCO Publishing.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=dme&AN=113862&site=dyn
amed-live&scope=site. Updated March 4, 2014. Accessed July 31, 2014.
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Citing a specific drug record:
Varenicline. In DynaMed [database online]. EBSCO Publishing.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=dme&AN=233015&site=dyn
amed-live&scope=site Updated May 12, 2014. Accessed July 31, 2014.
MD Consult
Citation depends upon document type – book, chapter, journal. Example below is for a book
chapter.
Swartz MH. Chapter 6 – the head and neck. In: Swartz MH, ed. Textbook of Physical
Diagnosis. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2014. www.mdconsult.com.
Accessed on July 31, 2014.
Micromedex
Norethindrone. DRUGDEX Evaluations. Micromedex. Truven Health Analytics,
Inc. Greenwood Village, CO. http://www.micromedexsolutions.com. Accessed July
31, 2014.
STAT!Ref
Examples below are for a book and a book chapter respectively.
Purnell LD, ed. Guide to Culturally competent Health Care. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA:
F.A. Davis Company; 2014. http://online.statref.com. Accessed on July 31, 2014.
Caffeine. In McEvoy GK et al. eds. AHFS drug information.
http://online.statref.com. Accessed on July 31, 2014.
UpToDate
Cite material from UpToDate as a book chapter. The editor is TW Post, and the publisher is
UpToDate in Waltham, MA. Use the current year as the publication date. For more
information, see: Help – User’s Manual – Citing an UpToDate topic:
Marion DW, Shefner JM. Diaphragmatic pacing. In: Post TW, ed. UpToDate.
Waltham, MA; 2014. http://www.uptodate.com/ Access on July 31, 2014.
The basic AMA formats for both print and online books are:
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Journals:
Print:
Author(s). Article title. Journal Name. Year;vol(issue No.): inclusive pages.
Online:
Authors(s). Article title. Journal Name. Year;vol(issue No.): inclusive pages. URL. Accessed
[date].
Books:
Print:
Author(s). Book Title. Edition number (if it is the second edition or above). City, State (or
Country) of publisher: Publisher’s name; copyright year.
Online:
Author(s). Book Title. Edition number (if it is the second edition or above). City, State (or
Country) of publisher: Publisher’s name; copyright year. URL. Accessed [date].
website:
Author (or, if no author is available, the name of the organization responsible for the site). Title
(or, if no title is available, the name of the organization responsible for the site). Name of the
website. URL. Accessed [date].
The AMA Manual of Style 10th ed. Is online at
http://library.missouri.edu/databases/moreinfo/?id=3270
To automatically format your citations, check http://mickschroeder.com/citation or
www.zotero.org
If you find an error in this document, please report it to [email protected].
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