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Prosthetics & Orthotics: Citing
 

Cite, you must...

    To give credit to authors and acknowledge their ideas (whether you quote them or not).

    To avoid plagiarism.

    To allow others to track  the sources you consulted, so scholars can have conversations about your topic.

 

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AMA Citing

There are many ways to format citations. The style you choose depends on your field and the requirements set by your Instructor.

This style, recommended by the American Medical Association (AMA), is often used for scholarly writing about medicine or health-related topics.

A citation or reference is the information given in a bibliography or a database about a particular title, which often includes:

  • article title or chapter title
  • periodical title or book title
  • author(s) or editor(s)
  • date of publication
  • publisher name
  • volume/issue (articles) or edition (books)
  • page range
  • electronic access (URL or DOI)
  • Date accessed only if DOI is unavailable. URL only if DOI is unavailable.

Template

Note number. Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. Title of article: no capital after colon. Journal title abbreviated. Year of Publication;Volume(Issue):Page Range. URL or DOI. Date accessed (if using a URL).

Examples

Print Article

1. Ellery, K. Undergraduate plagiarism: a pedagogical perspective. Assess Eval High Educ. 2008;33(5):507-516. 

Online Article

2. Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychol. 2005;24:225-229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.225

3. Wan Y, Yan Y, Ma F, Wang L, Lu P, Maytag A, Jiang J. LPR: How different diagnostic tools shape the outcomes of treatment. J Voice. 2014;28(3):362-368. https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/journal/1-s2.0-S0892199713002518. Accessed January 16, 2016.

Reference List

Listed in numerical order at the end of the manuscript.

References to material not yet accepted for publication or to personal communications are instead included parenthetically in the text.

In-Text Citation 

Superscript number refers to the corresponding reference in the reference list. 

Adapted from UWM Libraries

You can often find all the information you need for a journal article citation on the first page of that article.

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Adapted from UWM Libraries

This style, recommended by the American Medical Association (AMA), is often used for scholarly writing about medicine or health-related topics.

  AMA manual of style : a guide for authors and editors

  Call Number: R 119 A533 2020 on RESERVE

 

Article in a Journal 

1. Lastname FM, Lastname FM. Title of article: subtitle of article. Abbreviated Journal Name (or full title if no NCBI NLM abbreviation). Year;vol(issue number):page-page. DOI (if given)

2. Kernozek TW, Knaus A, Rademaker T, Almonroeder TG. The effects of habitual foot strike patterns on Achilles tendon loading in female runners. Gait Posture. 2018;66:283-287. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.09.016

Reference List

Listed in numerical order at the end of the manuscript.

References to material not yet accepted for publication or to personal communications are instead included parenthetically in the text.

In-Text Citation 

Superscript number refers to the corresponding reference in the reference list. 

Citation managers are tools that can help with your research process, including:

Organize and save citations/articles.

Create in-text citations.

Share citations/articles with colleagues.

Generate Reference Lists in a wide range of styles.

with thanks to MCPHS University

Plagiarism

Citation Managers

Both Mendeley and Zotero have group sharing options.yesAdapted from University of Florida Library

Mendeley logo

Mendeley is both a reference manager and an academic social network.  A free account will provide you with 2GB of online storage; additional storage may be purchased for your account.  All you ever wanted to know about Mendeley can be found with their helpful online guides or by watching the Mendeley training videos

Zotero logo

ZoteroBib quickly generates a citation and then converts it to APA, MLA, etc.

Zotero is a flexible reference manager.  All the information for learning Zotero is provided through their online documentation or their screencast tutorials.

  • It's free, so you'll be able to use it forever, even after you leave BCIT.
  • It saves your digital files to your computer and backs them up in the cloud.
  • It works seamlessly with Microsoft Word.
  • It can also be used with Google Docs, LibreOffice, LaTeX, and other text editors.
  • It automates a lot of processes, like attaching PDFs, that require extra steps in RefWorks.