Here are the citations for the examples in AMA format: Book: State Occupational Outlook Handbook. Washington: Government Printing Office; 2010. Website: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Salary Report. Available at: http://www.careeronestop.org/SalariesBenefits/Salary_Report.aspx?soccode=291031&stfips=&zip=&mode=. Accessed Date. Article from website: Rosen JF, Cukierman T, Robins SJ, Gofman JW, Williamson B. Relationship between ascorbic acid intake and blood lead levels. JAMA. 1981;

1. NUTR 115– AMA Citation
Wenli Gao
Instructional Services Librarian
MSC Butcher Library
Fall 2010

2. Ways to get help
• Ask at reference desk, 1st floor
• Chat with us during library hours (Our IM name
is: MorrisvilleLib )
• Call us at 684-6055
• Email a question: reference@morrisville.edu

3. AMA basics
• What is AMA?
--American Medical Association Manual
of Style, 10th
edition
• Why use it?
--Organize your writing
--Help you cite
--More professional

4. Some general rules
• All references are made at the end of the paper.
• References are listed in the order they appear in the text.
• When citing the same source more than once, reuse the original endnote
number but include the specific page you are making reference to. For
example,
Atwater13
reported that the alcohol consumption of college students
decreased in their senior year which supported Abbott's3(p33)
and Orsborn's14
earlier findings.
• For articles, capitalize only the first letter of the first word, proper names
and abbreviations that always appear in caps.
• For other titles, capitalize the first letter of the every word that isn't an
article, preposition or less than 3 letters.
Source: http://libraries.evansville.edu/style/ama.html

5. Books
Citations for books, chapters in books, etc. should include the following basic information. If the source
does not have one of these elements, skip it.
• Authors' last name followed by his/her first and middle initials
• Chapter title
• Last name and first and middle initials of book authors or editors (or translator, if any)
• Title of book and subtitle, if any
• Volume number and volume title, when there is more than 1 volume
• Edition (do not indicate 1st)
• Place of publication
• Publisher
• Year of copyright
• Page numbers, when specific pages are cited
• Each element is followed by a period.
• Cohen JE. How Many People Can the Earth Support?. New York: W.W. Norton; 1995.
• McElroy WD. Biomedical Aspects of Population Control. In: Leisner RS, Kormondy EJ, eds. Population
and Food. Vol 1. Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown Co.; 1991:11-15.
• Telemedicine Resource Center. Face to Face: Interactive Television in Health Care. Iowa City:
Telemedicine Resource Center. The University of Iowa; 1997.
Source: http://libraries.evansville.edu/style/ama.html

6. Articles
Citations for journal articles should include the following basic information. If the article does not have one
of these elements, skip it.
• Authors' last names and initials
• Title of article and subtitle (if any)
• Abbreviated name of journal
• Year
• Volume number
• Part or supplement number (if it would help to find the journal article gain), and issue month or number
when there is insequential page numbers
• Page numbers
• Each element is followed by a period.
• Gray C. One-stop care at breast centre another sign of patients' increasing influence. CMAJ.
1997;157:1419-20.
• Miles D. Breast cancer tumour vaccines. Cancer Treat Rev. 1997;23(suppl 1):S77-85.
• Alcohol most common `date-rape' drug: Study. Alcoholism Report. March 1998;26:6-8.
• Waldman TL, Silber DE, Karp SA, Holmstrom RW. The adult personality of childhood incest victims.
Psychological Reports. 1997;80:675-680.
Source: http://libraries.evansville.edu/style/ama.html

7. Special note on articles
• From print journal:
Gillman J. Religious perspectives on organ donation. Crit Care Nurs
Q.November 1999;22:19-29.
• From online database:
Kemp, JP, Kemp JA. Management of asthma in children. Am Fam Physician
[online]. 2001;63:1341-8, 1353-4. Available from: Ebsco Medline
Comprehensive Fulltext. Accessed June 4, 2001.
• From website:
Seal A, Kerac M. Operational implications of using 2006 World Health
Organization growth standards in nutrition programmes: secondary data
analysis. BMJ. 2007; 334:733. Available at:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/334/7596/733. Accessed April 12, 2007.

8. Internet resources
Citations to Internet sources aren't as rigid as those surrounding books and articles. If you have doubts
about what to include, usually the quick rule is "More is better". Important elements to include are:
• Author(s)' last name and first and middle initials (if known)
• Name of article/webpage
• If it is an abstract, note in [brackets] - OR
• Name of journal, if appropriate, with a [serial online] notation, followed by year;volume:pages
• Phrase "Available at:" and the URL of the page
• Phrase "Accessed" and the date you looked at it
• Each element is followed by a period.
• Henkel J. Testicular Cancer: Survival High with Early Treatment. FDA Consumer magazine [serial online].
January-February 1996. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/196_test.html. Accessed August 31,
1998.
• Salvatore S. Study links lupus to Epstein Barr virus. [CNN website]. December 15, 1997. Available at:
http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/15/lupus.discovery/. Accessed August 31, 1998.
Source: http://libraries.evansville.edu/style/ama.html

9. Exercise
• Book: State occupational outlook handbook
• Website:
http://www.careeronestop.org/SalariesBenefits/
Salary_Report.aspx?
soccode=291031&stfips=&zip=&mode=
• Article from Academic Search Complete:
Relationship of ascorbic acid to blood lead
levels.
(What if you find it from here: http://jama.ama-
assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/24/2289 )

10. Exercise
• Book: State occupational outlook handbook
• Website:
http://www.careeronestop.org/SalariesBenefits/
Salary_Report.aspx?
soccode=291031&stfips=&zip=&mode=
• Article from Academic Search Complete:
Relationship of ascorbic acid to blood lead
levels.
(What if you find it from here: http://jama.ama-
assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/24/2289 )