Citing Online and Print Sources   Tags: bibliography, citations, citing, guidelines, style manuals  

From the University of Toledo, these pages provide links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 6,000 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to "primary sources" - that is, to publishers and organizations with editorial responsibilities for the titles.

Provides bibliographic information for all journals ever indexed in the PubMed® database. It includes titles that ceased publication, changed titles, or are no longer indexed. The 2011 edition contains 14,287 serial titles.

Developed by Boston University Medical School, provides examples of different citations styles based on the AMA Style Guide.

Provides suggestions and tutorials for using the citation style from the "Publication Manual of American Psychological Association".

The tools provided here are intended to help authors prepare manuscripts for submission to the press. They will also be of use to writers, editors, and publishers at other organizations who are looking for models for procedure and content.

From the Library of Congress this site provides an overview of citing primary literature with examples from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed, and the MLA Style Manual, 6th ed.

PDF version of the book published by the National Library of Medicine with 2009 updates.

Includes guidelines for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles, as well as "tips for evaluating sources, a glossary of research terms and a list of style manuals in many disciplines.

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) meet annually to revise the requirements as needed. The ICMJE is also concerned with the ethical principles related to publication in biomedical journals and have developed statements on editorial policies.