AMA Style Guide

Based on American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th ed., 1998.

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Citing Print Resources

Type of Entry	Reference List
Book—single author	Shepard TH. Catalog of Teratogenic Agents. 7th ed. Baltimore, Md: Johns Hopkins 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. Foster City, Calif: Chemical Toxicology Institute; 1995.
Book—with editors	Armitage JO, Antman KH, eds. High-dose Cancer Therapy: Pharmacology, Hematopoietins, Stem Cells. Baltimore, Md: 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. New York, NY: Springer; 1994:211-215.
Article from journal—single author	Moldofsky H. Sleep, neuroimmune and neuroendocrine functions in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Adv Neuroimmunol. 1995;5:39-56.
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, Flamand A. Monoclonal antibodies which recognize the acidic configuration of the rabies glycoprotein at the surface of the virion can be neutralizing. Virology. 1995;210:400-408.
Monographic series	Davidoff RA. Migraine: Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and Management. Philadelphia, Pa: FA Davis; 1995. Contemporary Neurology Series, No. 42.
Online journals with volume and page information	Simon JA, Hudes ES. Relationship of ascorbic acid to blood lead levels. JAMA [serial online]. 1999;281:2289-2293. Available from: American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill. Accessed August 24, 1999.
Online journals without volume and page information	Gordon GF. Bypassing heart surgery. Alternative Medicine [serial online]. July 1999;issue 30.
Online web site	Terre Haute Center for Medical Education. The THCME Medical Biochemistry page. Available at: http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/home.html. Accessed August 24, 1999.