AMA Citation Style

American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th edition

For Medicine, Health, and Biological Sciences



Color code

Author(s) <blue>

 

Date <red> 

 

Title of book <pink> 

 

Title of article <green> 

 

Title of periodical <purple> 

 

Volume <orange> 

 

Pages <lt blue>

 

Place of publication <brown> 

 

Publisher <yellow>

 

Other information <gray>

 

 

Journal Article

Where pagination continues from issue to issue through the entire volume

Geier B. Organic agriculture worldwide--a fast growing reality for 100% pesticide risk reduction. Acta-horticulturae. 2000; 525 : 31-37.


Journal or Magazine Article

Where each issue starts with page one

Donaldson D. When to buy organic. Better Homes and Gardens. 85(6), 2007:288.


Magazine or Journal Article Retrieved from a Database

If the article has a DOI (digital object identifier), give that number at the end and do not include the database name. If there is no DOI, include the name of the database and the document number assigned by the database, if any.

Shelke K. How to say it organically: consumers are buying into organic foods; are you buying organic ingredients? Food Processing [serial online]. 2005; 66:49-54. Available from Academic OneFile database. Accessed March 13, 2008. (A132242002).


Newspaper Article

Dillon S. Education standards likely to see toughening. New York Times. April 14, 2009: A3.

If the newspaper was accessed through the online version of the newspaper:

Dillon S. Education standards likely to see toughening. New York Times. April 14, 2009. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/education/15educ.html. Accessed April 14, 2009.


Book

Berger S. Allotment gardening : an organic guide for beginners. Devon [England]: Green Books, Ltd.; 2005.


Book with an editor

Kruger A., ed. Gardening When It Counts. Westport, CT: Greenwood; 2001.


Book Article or Chapter

Begin with the name of the author of the selection, not with the name of the author of the book. Then give the title of the selection, "in" the name of the author or editor (followed by "ed." for Edited by), the title of the book; the publication information; year of publication; and the pages on which the selection appears.

Coleman E. The new organic grower. In Kruger A., ed. Gardening When It Counts . Westport, CT: Greenwood; 1995: 219-223.

 

Website

List as many of the following elements as are available: the name of the webpage, the name of the entire website, the full date of the page (if available), the URL, and the date you looked at it.

Mayo Clinic Staff. Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious? The Mayo Clinic. 2006. Available at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255. Accessed March 13, 2008.

 

Blog

Writer's name, title or subject of the post, date of post. Follow with the phrase "Available at" and the URL and the phrase "Accessed" and the date you looked at it. 

Supak S. Pesticides linked to frog mutations. (2006, March 2). Available at http://organicgarden.blogspot.com/. Accessed March 13, 2008.

 

Encyclopedia Article

Smith J. Organic Gardening. In: The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia Vol. 24. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1987: 390-392.

 

Online Encyclopedia Article

"botanical garden" World Encyclopedia . 2005. Oxford Reference Online . Oxford University Press. University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. 28 February 2008 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t142.e1518 .

 

Movie

Begin with the title of the work, followed by the medium in brackets. Next include, if available, the author, editor, and producer. Provide the place of publication, the publisher, and the date of publication. Give a brief physical description of the work and, in parentheses, identifying information, if any. End the citation with "Available from:" followed by the name, city, and state of the organization that distributes the work or the URL for an online source.

Traffic  [DVD]. Soderbergh S., director. United States: Gramercy Pictures; 2000. 1 video disc: 120 minutes.

 

YouTube video

For videos, provide the author only if you are sure that person created the video. Do not list the person posting the video online as the author. If you are unsure, treat the citation as having no author.

Has an author:

Takayma-Ogawa, J., & Willette, J. (2007). What is information literacy [Video] Retrieved December 12, 2007, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeopJX5jJV8.

Has no author:

Slingshot fun [Video]. (2007). Retrieved February 1, 2007, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCmZYce0J2E.

 


General Rules

 

 

Based on http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm by Robert Delaney at B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University.