library banner

Health and Medicine Research Guide
How to Cite Sources

American Medical Association Manual of Style, 10th ed., is recommended for citing items for Health. University of Washington Libraries offer the comprehensive online resource. Consult it for examples not given here.


Journal Article
Moldofsky H. Sleep, neuroimmune and neuroendocrine functions in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Adv Neuroimmunol. 1995;5:39-56.


Article from a Library database
Gordon GF. Bypassing heart surgery. Alternative Medicine [serial online]. July 1999; issue 30.


Web Site

Terre Haute Center for Medical Education. The THCME Medical Biochemistry page. Available at: http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/home.html. Accessed August 24, 1999.

Selection from a Book

Degner LF, McWilliams ME. Challenges in conducting cross-national nursing research. In: Fitzpatrick JJ, Stevenson JS, Polis NS, eds. Nursing Research and its Utilization: International State of the Science. New York, NY: Springer; 1994:211-215.

Also Important:

Plagiarism - what is it?  how to avoid it.