Citation Management & Style Guides
- Citation Managers
- Style Guides on the Web
- Resource Specific Guides
- Style Manuals in Print
- Tools for Authors
EndNote
EndNote is a robust citation management program for your desktop available for purchase at an educational discount for the UW-Madison community.
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Documentation
- Quick Start
- Import Citations
- Create a Bibliography
- Link to Full Text
- Filters, Styles, and Lists
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NIH Policy
- NIHMSID & PMCID Numbers
- pdf version
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Library Workshops
- Ebling Library
- Other Campus Libraries
EndNote Web
EndNote Web is a web based version of EndNote free to campus users courtesy of UW-Madison Libraries. Its basic features allow undergraduate students to organize their references for citing in papers. Professional researchers and graduate students can use EndNote Web as the perfect complement to EndNote.
Papers
Papers ("your personal library of science") is an inexpensive application for the Mac OS that includes citation management functionality.
Documentation
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic citation manager available free to campus users courtesy of UW-Madison Libraries.
- NIH Policy
- NIHMSID & PMCID Numbers
- pdf version
Zotero
Zotero, an extension for the Firefox web browser, is a free and open source citation management program.
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Video Tutorials
- Getting Started
- Finding Items
- Managing Your Library
- Zotero & Google Tools
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Documentation
- Quick Start Guide
- The Basics
- FAQ
- Troubleshooting
Citation Managers
RefWorks & EndNote Overview:
Learn more about these citation managers, what they are, and what is involved in using them.
Citation Managers & NIH Policy
UW Madison Writing Center
The UW Madison Writing Center provides individual help, free classes, writing handbooks and style guides, and more.
ACS
- ACS Style Guidelines (UW Madison Chemistry Library)
AMA
- AMA Guide (University of New England)
- AMA Style Guide (University of Washington): Guide to the most frequently used entries, based on the American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th ed., 1998.
APA
- APAStyle.org
- APA Documentation (UW Writing Center)
- APA Guide (University of New England)
- APA Style Guide (University of Washington): Guide to the most frequently used entries, based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2001.
- Electronic References:(APA Style.org) based on the APA Style Guide to Electronic References, 2007, and the Publication Manual, 5th ed. 2001.
Chicago
NLM
- Citing Medicine
The NLM style guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
Applies existing standards and provides information on constructing citations for complex biomedical material. Includes a chapter on citing material on the internet.
Instructions for Authors
Publishers may have specific citation format guidelines they want followed that are contrary to examples on this page. Consult Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences or contact the publisher of the publication in question for details.
NLM Style Guide
For additional information on citing internet resources, see NLM's Citing Medicine section on Databases / Retrieval Systems on the Internet.
More Help
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ACP Journal Club
- ACP Journal Club is a journal. Reviews are cited as you would any other journal article.
- How to Cite ACP Journal Club
BMJ's Clinical Evidence
- Example:
- Wilt, T. Prostate cancer: non-metastatic. BMJ Clinical Evidence [online] 2002 [cited Aug 30]. URL: http//www.clinicalevidence.com/......
- How do I cite BMJ Clinical Evidence?
Cochrane Review
- Example:
- Authors. Title of review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 200X, Issue X. Art. No.: CD00XXX. DOI: XX.XXXX/XXXXXXXX.CD00XXXX.pubX.
DARE
- Examples:
- if accessed via the CRD website:
- Title of abstract [Abstract number] Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, available http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ [year of access, date of access]. Abstract of: Title, authors, journal title, year of publication, volume and issue number, pages.
- if accessed via the Cochrane Library:
- Title of abstract [Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects abstract number]. In: The Cochrane Library, Issue number, year. Oxford, Update Software. Abstract of: Title, authors, journal title, year of publication, volume and issue number, pages.
- How do I cite a record form DARE?
MD Consult
- How you cite MD Consult depends on whether you are citing books, journals, clinics, drug monographs, original MD Consult material, etc. For examples of each, see this guide.
- How do I cite MD Consult?
MICROMEDEX
- How to cite MICROMEDEX is depends on whether you are referencing the MICROMEDEX application itself, a specific database that is part of the application, or an individual document (most typical). This guide provides examples of each.
- Citing Thomson Healthcare Materials
STAT!Ref
- Example:
- Falk, E. & Fuster, "Atherogenesis and its determinants." Hurst's the Heart, http://online.statref.com/document.aspx?DocID=1030&StartDoc=1030&EndDoc=13 46&FxID=67&offset=7&level=1&State=False&Local=True&SessionID=17D9D7HKSOYVRVJL& [Date accessed: 2003 Sept. 12] In STAT!Ref Online Electronic Medical Library [online database]. Jackson, WY, Teton Data Systems, 2003.
- How to Cite STAT!Ref
UpToDate
- Cite the UpToDate topic as a chapter in a book titled UpToDate, edited by Denise S. Basow, published by UpToDate in Waltham, MA. There are no page numbers to cite. Since UpToDate is released every four months, each topic will appear (i.e., be published) in each release we issue, so the publication year for any topic should be the current year.
- Example:
- Marion, DW. Diaphragmatic pacing. In: UpToDate, Basow, DS (Ed), UpToDate,
Waltham, MA, 2008. - How do I cite an UpToDate topic?
Short on time?
Contact a librarian. We'll consult the print manual for you!
- The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information (3rd ed., 2006)
- American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th ed., 2007)
- The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed., 2003)
- Columbia Guide to Online Style (2nd ed., 2006)
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., 2001)
- Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (7th ed., 2006)
- Citation Research LibGuide
From Arizona State University. Detailed guide designed to bring tools, information, sources and tutorials on citation research together in one place. - Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
From the Medical College of Ohio. Links to author instructions for over 3,500 health sciences journals. - ISI Journal Citation Reports
Part of ISI Web of Knowledge. Provides impact factors for over 4,500 scientific journals. - JANE (Journal Author Name Estimator)
JANE helps answer "where should I publish this article?" Give it a title and/or abstract and it will suggest journals, including the Eigenfactor measure of the journal's Article Influence. - Publish, Not Perish: The Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals
A free online tutorial from the U of Colorado - Denver designed to introduce graduate students, junior faculty, and other potential authors to the world of scholarly publishing. - Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Comprehensive database listing periodicals, where they are indexed, if they are peer reviewed and publication information. - Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
Information for authors from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. - Writer's Handbook
The UW Writing Center's extensive Writer's Handbook covers stages of the writing process, grammar and punctuation, and citation styles.
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