NLM Style Guide

Based on National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation by Karen Patrias, 1991.

This is a guide to the most frequently used entries. If you need additional help, connect to UW Catalog record for this title to see locations in UW Libraries.

Citing the Internet: A Brief Guide (Dragonfly, Summer 2001, v.32,no.3) gives a brief summary of NLM's recommended internet formats. The complete document is available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/formats/internet.pdf [106 pgs]

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Citing Print Resources

Type of Entry	Reference List
Book—single author	Shepard TH. Catalog of teratogenic agents. 7th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press; 1992. 534p.
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 (CA): Chemical Toxicology Institute; 1995. 802 p.
Book—with editors	Armitage JO, Antman KH, editors. High-dose cancer therapy: pharmacology, hematopoietins, stem cells. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1995. 929 p.
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: F.A.Davis; 1995. 375 p. (Contemporary neurology series; 42).