ama manual of style
- ama manual of style online this link opens in a new window
the ama (american medical association) manual of style, 11th ed. is a must-have guide for writing and publishing research in the medical, health, or scientific fields. offers guidance on nuts-and-bolts of the style from punctuation to formatting, along with how to navigate dilemmas from ethical to legal that researchers encounter. the online manual is fully searchable and enriched by a variety of online features:
style quizzes, which allow users to test their knowledge.
si conversion calculator, which allows quick conversion of units of measure.
- ama purdue owl
the online writing lab (owl) at purdue university provides citation instructions and examples.
https://libguides.lipscomb.edu/endnote
endnote packet
- endnote 20 install videopc (windows)
adding citation styles:
visit this website to download the new ama 11th style.
after you download the file, open it. it will open in endnote. go up to file -> save as -> name the file ama 11th
ama at a glance
the american medical association (ama) style is the preferred style for the medical community.
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11th edition is the most recent.
examples:
if citing more than one reference at the same point, separate the numbers with commas and no spaces between.
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as reported previously,1,3–8 the derived data were as follows3,4
…and 18 patients.3 |
- use author’s last name and initials of first name and middle name (if available).
- if more than six authors, list the first three followed by et al.
- use journal abbreviations from pubmed.
- do not make up your own journal title abbreviation!
- use the doi instead of a url.
- doi – digital object identifier
see "creating an ama citation from pubmed record"
- pubmed* this link opens in a new window
contains more than 35 million citations and abstracts for biomedical and life sciences literature.
pubmed links to full-text when they are available.
creating an ama citation from pubmed record
