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Government/Organization Reports
Cheryl Iverson
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DOI: 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.022.95
These are treated much like electronic journal and book references: use journal style for
articles and book style for monographs. Note: As with electronic journal references, of the
dates published, updated, and accessed, often only the accessed date will be available. 1.
Jacob Siegel; Administration on Aging. Aging into the 21st century. http://www.aoa.gov/
prof/Statistics/future_growth/aging21/aging_21.asp. Published May 31, 1996. Accessed
December 6, 2005. 2. World Medical Association. Declaration of Helsinki: ethical
principles for medical research involving human subjects. http://www.wma.net/e/policy/
b3.htm. Updated June 10, 2002. Accessed February 26, 2004. 3. US Department of Health
and Human Services. Protection of human subjects. 45 CFR §46.
Journals Without Volume or Issue Numbers
Cheryl Iverson
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DOI: 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.022.54
In references to journals that have no volume or issue numbers, use the issue date, as shown
in example 1 below. If there is an issue number but no volume number, use the style shown
in example 2 below. 1. Flyvholm MA, Susitaival P, Meding B, et al. Nordic occupational
skin questionnaire NOSQ-2002: Nordic questionnaire for surveying work-related skin
diseases on hands and forearms and relevant exposure. TemaNord. April 2002:518. 2.
Keppel K, Pamuk E, Lynch J, et al. Methodologic issues in measuring health disparities.
Vital Health Stat 2. 2005;(141):1-16. |
Legal References
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DOI: 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.022.102
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Legal references cited online contain the same basic information as legal references cited
in print (, US Legal References), with the addition of the URL and the accessed date. 1.
US Food and Drug Administration. The Orphan Drug Act. 1983. http://www.fda.gov/
orphan/oda.htm. Accessed December 6, 2005. 2. Bybee JS [Office of Legal Counsel, US
Department of Justice]. Standards of conduct for interrogation under USC §§2340-2340A
[memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, August 1, 2002]. http://news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/
doj/bybee80102mem.pdf. Accessed December 6, 2005. |
Legislative Materials
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DOI: 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.022.106
The Library of Congress has a website (http://thomas.loc.gov) where legislative materials
can be found. Include the full title of the hearing, the subcommittee (if any) and committee
names, the number and session of the Congress, the date, and a short description if
desired. 1. Hearings Before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, 90th Cong, 1st Sess (1965) (testimony of William Stewart, MD, surgeon
general). 2. Discrimination on the Basis of Pregnancy, 1977: Hearings on S995 Before the
Subcommittee on Labor of the Senate Committee on Human Resources, 95th Cong, 1st Sess
(1977) (statement of Ethel Walsh, vice-chairman,
Method of Citation
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A legal reference may be included in the reference list in full, with a numbered citation in
the text, or it may be included in the text parenthetically and not included in the reference
list. In scholarly articles, a full citation in the reference list is preferred, but in a news article
or book review, for example, a parenthetical citation in the text might be adequate. In a
leading decision on informed consent, the California Supreme Court stated …. In the case
of Cobbs v Grant1 …. This reference would then appear in the reference list as follows: 1.
Cobbs
Minimum Acceptable Data for References
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To be acceptable, a reference to journals or books or websites must include certain
minimum data. The information varies slightly for journals and books online and journals
and books in print. For all of these forms, please consult the specific section in this chapter
devoted to that form for more complete requirements. The summary below represents only
a skeleton for quick reference. Enough information to identify and retrieve the material
should be provided. More complete data (see , References to Print Journals, Complete
Data; , References to Print Books, Complete Data; , Electronic References; and , Special
Print Materials, Unpublished
Names of Journals
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Abbreviate and italicize names of journals. Use initial capital letters. Abbreviate according
to the listing in the PubMed Journals database (see also , Abbreviations, Names of
Journals). Include parenthetical designation of a city if it is included in the PubMed
abbreviation, for example, Medicine (Baltimore), Ann Urol (Paris). Information enclosed
in brackets should be retained without brackets, eg, J Comp Physiol A for J Comp Physiol
[A]. If the name of a journal has changed since the time the reference was published, use
the name of the journal at the time of publication. For example, the journal formerly called
Transactions
Names of Organisms
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DOI: 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.022.48
In all titles, follow the style recommended for capitalization and use of italics in scientific
names of organisms (see , Capitalization, Proper Nouns, Organisms, and , Nomenclature,
Organisms and Pathogens). Use roman type for genus and species names in book titles. |
News Releases and Miscellaneous
Cheryl Iverson
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DOI: 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.022.101
1. Hopkins response to FDA observations [news release]. Baltimore, MD: Johns
Hopkins Office of Communications and Public Affairs; September 7, 2001. http://
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2001/SEPTEMBER/010907A.htm. Accessed February
26, 2004. 2. If you want to quit for good your doctor can help [patient brochure].
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Kansas City, MO: Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals; 1984. http://www.pmdocs.com/
PDF/2023799793_9794_0.pdf. Accessed February 26, 2004. |
Newspapers
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References to newspapers should include the following, in the order indicated: (1) name
of author (if given), (2) title of article, (3) name of newspaper, (4) date of newspaper, (5)
section (if applicable), and (6) page numbers. Note: Newspaper names are not abbreviated.
If a city name is not part of the newspaper name, it may be added to the official name, for
clarity, as with Minneapolis in example 1. See example 5 for how to treat an article that “
jumps” from one page to a later page (see also , References to Print Journals, Discontinuous
Pagination). 1. Wolfe W.
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