Using the AMA Manual (10 th edition) in the College Setting

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1 Using the AMA Manual (10 th edition) in the College Setting The AMA Style Manual 10 th edition AMA Format Educational PowerPoint Part 1: Appearance, In-Text Citations 2008 Nebraska Methodist College The Josie Harper Campus

2 AMA Manual Not Directed to College Students Editors of JAMA, mid 1960s First manual: 70-page booklet 10 th edition: over 1,000 pages Guidelines for formatting appearance, documenting sources easily applied in College setting See Help with AMA page on NMC s WAC Website, linked to logon page of ANGEL

3 Two Sides of the Student Paper 1 A Study of Flu in Males, Age Jill Jones, ARDMS jilljones @yahoo.com Nebraska Methodist College- The Josie Harper Campus 774 words 1. Overall appearance Double spacing AMA-style title page (p37) Rules call for not just title but author s name, degrees, address; name of institution; word count Page numbers make sense Figures, numeric data, margins Ask instructor

4 The AMA Manual on Numbers Use numerals for almost all numbers: My 3 cats, which are 3, 4, and 7 years old, have caught 23 mice in the past 3 months. Exceptions: Ordinals first thru ninth; numbers used as pronouns; numbers, like one, used in idiomatic expressions; fractions; numbers that begin a sentence, title, subtitle, or heading; numbers spelled out in quotations

5 The AMA Manual on Abbreviations Use scientific nomenclature Specific lists for organizations, months, states in US, units of measure, clinical/medical terms, titles of medical journals (called Index Medicus) Tendency to drop punctuation: Rev Corp Dr J Lab Clin Med FDA MD Inc 6 lb 4 oz

6 Key Differences: AMA v. APA, MLA In-text numbering system, not parenthetical author, year, and page/paragraph number (APA) Reference list numbered, not alphabetized No periods after initials, no ampersand in author section of each Reference list item Date appears after title, not immediately after author (APA) Very few uses of parentheses in Reference list Journal titles abbreviated, not spelled out No spaces between year, volume, number, page numbers No intro to URL of Internet sources; PERIOD after URL; final Accessed + DATE v. Retrieved (APA)

7 Citing References in the Body of a Paper (pp42-45) a superscript system in the body of the text. 25 Click on Format, then Font ; check superscript Place after period, comma; before colon, semicolon More than one superscript permitted 2,25,28 Page numbers okay in superscript 28(pp7-8 ) (no spaces) Maximum of 23 characters in superscript (If more, use footnote* in italic letters) *References 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 21, 24-29, 31.

8 Using the AMA Manual (10 th edition) in the College Setting The AMA Style Manual 10 th edition AMA Format Educational PowerPoint Part 2: The References List 2008 Nebraska Methodist College The Josie Harper Campus

9 Goals for Citing References Complete All sources should be cited All superscripts should match one reference on the References list All reference entries should include required components Accurate Exact quotations, and accurate summaries, spelling, date, pages Information in Reference entries accurate Readability Smoothly readable, clear Number of superscripts same as number of references Exceptions written communication, oral communication, or communication

10 The Reference List: General Rules Begin with the title, flush with left margin: References Includes all sources cited in the body of a paper (but no added ones!) Numbers (plus period) follow the order in which each source first appears and is cited in the body of your text No special indentation rules: all lines are double-spaced, flush with L margin

11 Essential Information and Order: Components in Reference Entries Author(s) (if known) Title(s) Publication Information & Date See Minimum Acceptable Data for References, p42

12 Author Format Last name(s) + first and middle initials if given, but NO PUNCTUATION except period at the end. (Also, no credentials like MS, MD) e.g. Jones PT, Smith Q. Complications: No author? Start with TITLE (see p50) More than six authors: add,et al. after third author (pp44-45) Institution or Association? Spell it out. (p51) Use, ed. or, eds. after name(s) of editor(s)

13 Title Format Rules for capital letters, italic letters, quotation marks Capitalize initial letter of only the first word in a title, words in proper nouns, and acronyms/abbreviations e.g. CDC Exception for periodicals, book-length works: Capitalize first letter of all content words (nouns, verbs, even prepositions of 4 or more letters--see discussion, p46; examples, pp53-56) Italics only for titles of book-length works, titles of journals, proceedings, symposia, plays, paintings, long poems, musical compositions, space vehicles, planes, and ships (see pp ). AMA also italicizes titles of newspapers, of government bulletins, and of theses/dissertations in their examples.

14 Titles of Articles in Book Collections (pp53-54) Articles within edited books: Entry requires two titles Main title begins with a new sentence starting: In: Next: Editor s name(s), last name(s) before initials, plus comma and ed. or eds. Next: Title of book (italicized) plus period. Page numbers of article come after publication information Ex.: In: Solomon BH, ed. Other Voices, Other Vistas.

15 Titles of Articles within Journals (pp47-52) Articles in journals: Entry also requires two titles Italicized (& abbreviated) Journal Title begins right after period after article title; End with a period. Next: Publication Info: Year + semicolon ( ; ) + Volume number [+ parenthetical Number number but only if each volume begins with p.1] Next: colon (:) + Page numbers (no p ) e.g.: Williams, GR. Walking saves lives. JMCC. 2007;37(2):22-27.

16 Publication Info: Books (pp52-56) City, State, Publisher s Name, Year If source is an article within a book: after City, State, Publisher, and Year, include page numbers of article or chapter (see pp53-54) e.g. 4. Brown, RG. Multicultural issues in sonography. In: Solomon BH, ed. Other Voices, Other Vistas. New York, NY: Norton; 2005: Multiple cities? List first city listed only

17 Publication Info: Internet (pp 63-69) Internet sources: list the complete URL Online journal article? Place month, day and year of publication, if known, immediately after title (and title of the online journal) e.g. 9. Wilson RR. Respiratory care: team approach. HHCJ. 2007;9: ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/ Volume122007/No1Jan07/tpc32_ aspx. Published January 5, Accessed June 3, References for Internet sources end with an Accessed [+DATE]. sentence at the end (+ period!) e.g. Accessed June 3, 2007.

18 Editing Checklist Each entry complete? Author/ Date/ Title(s)/ Pub. Info Each element in order? Each entry using right form? Patterns of Capitalizing/ Italicizing/ Abbreviating/Indenting List matches in-text citations?

19 AMA Style: Journal Articles Author names: last name followed by initials, punctuation between authors only. No degrees, such as MD, even if it s listed in the journal. Collins FS, McKusic VA. Implications of the Human Genome Project for medical science. JAMA. 2001;285(5): Complete and exact article title. Capitalize first word of a journal article only. The rest is not capitalized unless an official designation or name. Up to 6 authors, list all 6. More than 6, list the first 3 only, then et al. which means and others. Hammel P, Couvelard A, O Toole D, et al. Regression of liver fibrosis after biliary drainage in patients with chronic pancreatitis and stenosis of the common bile duct. N Engl J Med. 2001;344(6): Use accepted abbreviations for journal names whenever possible. Italicise journal names, but not article titles. List year first. Next is volume number, with issue number in parentheses, if known. Last part is inclusive page numbers.

20 AMA Style: Books Indicate if edited by someone. Italicise book title and capitalize all major words. Edition number if applicable. Bronzino JD, ed. The Biomedical Engineering Handbook. 2nd ed. Boca Raton FL: CRC Press and IEEE Press; Place of publication. Publisher name(s). Year of publication. If using a particular chapter in a book, it is listed first, and the title is treated the same as an article title. Mullen PD. Maternal smoking during pregnancy and evidence-based intervention to promote cessation. In: Spangler JG, ed. Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. Philadelphia PA: WB Saunders; 1999: Full book title comes after specific chapter. Book title is italicised & capitalized as above. Page numbers of the entire chapter come last.

21 AMA Style: Online Journal Refs. Author and title as usual Schneider LS. Estrogen and dementia: insights from the Women s Health Initiative Memory Study. JAMA [serial online]. 2004;291(24): Available at: Accessed July 22, Indicate online status if accessed online. Dehn R. APAP honors student writer and faculty researchers. APAP Update [serial online]. July Available at: awards.htm. Accessed July 21, Include all volume and page information for print journals. Provide either journal web site (general url) or actual page of article (longer, specific url). Indicate volume number; page number acceptable but not needed for primarily online newsletters and other publications.

22 AMA Style: Online Text Refs. UpToDate title is treated as a chapter title Web site location Rick ME. Classification and pathophysiology of von Willebrand disease. UpToDate Online. Wellesley, MA; 2004 [update 12.3, 2004]. Available at: Accessed November 12, Author and chapter title as usual Title of textbook (UpToDate is an online texbook) Tochner ZA, Lehavi O, Glatstein E. Radiation bioterrorism. In: Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, et al., eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 16 th ed. [text online] New York, NY; 2005: Available at: Accessed November 12, Indicate that text was accessed online rather than in print Page numbers of the chapter if known

23 AMA Style: Web Page Refs. Owner, author of page. Title of page. World Health Organization. Public Health Mapping. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. Available at: Accessibility verified July 21, Place of publication if also available in print format (if known). Introduce URL this way. Rose E. Dr. Rose s Peripheral Brain. Available at: tableofc.htm. Accessed July 21, Must use an accepted method to indicate last date you looked at the web page. Complete URL.