Comparison of AMA and NLM citation styles

Citing biomedical documents
National Library of Medicine (NLM) style

Patrias, Karen. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling, Daniel L., technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 [cited 2008 Dec 14]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine

Published print documents

• Standard citations
• Journals
  • Journal articles
  • Parts of journal articles
  • Entire journal titles
• Books
  • Entire books
  • Individual volumes of books
    • Volumes of books with a separate title for the volume but without separate authors/editors
    • Volumes of books with a separate title and separate author/editors
  • Parts of books
  • Contributions to books
• Conference publications
  • Conference proceedings
  • Conference papers
  • Parts of conference papers
• Scientific and technical reports
  • Entire reports
  • Parts of reports
• Dissertations and theses
  • Entire dissertations and theses
  • Parts of dissertations and theses
• Bibliographies
  • Entire bibliographies
  • Parts of bibliographies
• Patents
• Newspaper articles
• Maps

Unpublished material

• Standard citations
• Forthcoming ("in press")
  • Forthcoming journal articles
  • Forthcoming books
• Papers and poster sessions presented at meetings
• Letters and other personal communication
• Manuscripts
  • Individual manuscripts
  • Manuscript collections

Audio and visual media (audiocassettes, videocassettes, slides, photographs, etc.)

• Standard citations
• Books and other individual titles in audiovisual formats

• Journals in audiovisual formats

  • Journal articles in audiovisual formats

  • Journal titles in audiovisual formats

• Prints and photographs

  • Individual prints and photographs

  • Collections of prints and photographs

Material on CD-ROM, DVD, or disk

• Standard citations

• Books and other individual titles on CD-ROM, DVD, or disk

• Journals on CD-ROM, DVD, or disk

  • Journal articles on CD-ROM, DVD, or disk

  • Entire journal titles on CD-ROM, DVD, or disk

• Databases on CD-ROM, DVD, or disk

• Computer programs on CD-ROM, DVD, or disk

Material on the Internet

• Standard citations

• Books and other individual titles on the Internet

  • Entire books and other individual titles on the Internet

  • Parts of books on the Internet

  • Contributions to books on the Internet

• Journals on the Internet

  • Journal articles on the Internet

  • Journal titles on the Internet

• Databases/retrieval systems on the Internet

  • Entire databases/retrieval systems on the Internet

  • Parts of databases on the Internet

  • Contributions to databases on the Internet

• Web sites

  • Homepages

  • Parts of Web sites

• Electronic mail and discussion forums

  • Electronic mail

  • LISTSERVs and similar discussion lists

  • Blogs

  • Wikis

Links

• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors - Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals [2008]

• WHO documents

  • A Practical Guide for Health Researchers [2004]

    • Guidelines on how to write references for scientific papers

    • Publishing a scientific paper

    • Writing a scientific paper

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