Citing Medicine provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations.

Contents

• About this Book
• Introduction
• 2015 Foreword
• Foreword
• Citing Published Print Documents
  • Chapter 1. Journals [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: May 18, 2018.
  • Chapter 2. Books [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 3. Conference Publications [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 5, 2020.
  • Chapter 4. Scientific and Technical Reports [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 5. Dissertations and Theses [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 6. Bibliographies [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 7. Patents [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 8. Newspaper Articles [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 9. Maps [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 10. Legal Documents [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: January 14, 2009.
• Citing Unpublished Material
  • Chapter 11. Forthcoming ("in press") [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: May 18, 2018.
  • Chapter 12. Papers and Poster Sessions Presented at Meetings [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 5, 2020.
  • Chapter 13. Letters and Other Personal Communication [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: March 17, 2017.
  • Chapter 14. Manuscripts and Preprints [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: March 17, 2017.
• Citing Audio and Visual Media (audiocassettes, videocassettes, slides, photographs, etc.)
  • Chapter 15. Books and Other Individual Titles in Audiovisual Formats [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 16. Journals in Audiovisual Formats [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 17. Prints and Photographs [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
• Citing Material on CD-ROM, DVD, or Disk
  • Chapter 18. Books and Other Individual Titles on CD-ROM, DVD, or Disk [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 19. Journals on CD-ROM, DVD, or Disk [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: May 18, 2018.
  • Chapter 20. Databases on CD-ROM, DVD, or Disk [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 21. Computer Programs on CD-ROM, DVD, or Disk [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 10, 2016.
• Citing Material on the Internet (Online)
  • Chapter 22. Books and Other Individual Titles on the Internet [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 23. Journals on the Internet [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: May 18, 2018.
  • Chapter 24. Databases/Retrieval Systems/Datasets on the Internet [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: May 18, 2018.
  • Chapter 25. Web Sites [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Chapter 26. Electronic Mail and Discussion Forums [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
• Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Abbreviations for Commonly Used English Words in Journal Titles [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: October 2, 2015.
  • Appendix B. Additional Sources for Journal Title Abbreviations [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: October 2, 2015.
  • Appendix C. Abbreviations for Commonly Used English Words in Bibliographic Description [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007.
  • Appendix D. ISO Country Codes for Selected Countries [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007.
  • Appendix E. Two-Letter Abbreviations for Canadian Provinces and Territories and U.S. States and Territories [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007.
  • Appendix F. Notes for Citing MEDLINE® /PubMed® [PDF Version]
    Created: October 10, 2007; Last Update: August 11, 2015.
  • Appendix. Content Updates [PDF Version]
    Created: December 21, 2009; Last Update: August 5, 2020.

Suggested citation:

Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 -    [updated 2015 Oct 2; cited Year Month Day]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine