Why do we use specific styles?

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Why do we use specific styles?

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Citing Sources

National Library of Medicine Style.Very similar to CSE (formerly known

as CBE)

Works Cited General Format: Articles

Authors. Article Title. Journal Title [Internet]. Date of Publication [Date of Citation]; Volume Number(Issue Number):Pages. Available from: http://journalurl

Works Cited Example

Rubenstein DR, Lovette IJ. Reproductive skew and selection on female ornamentation in social species. Nature [Internet]. 2009 [cited 11 February 2009];462(7274):786-9. Available from: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v462/n7274/full/nature08614.html

Author initials do not have periods.

Journal title is not italicized or

underlined

Include format.Include the

date you last looked at the article online

A note about URLs

• Be sure the URL you provide can be accessed by another person.– Test this out – – Some databases and publisher websites have

“permalinks” or “persistant links/urls”• It may be appropriate to shorten really long

URLs– http://tinyurl.com

Additional Tools

• NLM “Citing Medicine” – The style guide for NLM style – available online (see myCourses)

• Scopus– Click “Output”, then “Bibliography”– You will need to replace the link and add a citation

date• Zotero– For managing articles and websites– Free plugin for Firefox– Export a bibliography in many citation styles

In Text Citations

• Format:– Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur

adipiscing (Author, Date).– According to Author (Date) lorem ipsum dolor sit

amet, consectetur adipiscing.

Best Practices

• How often to cite?• Use of quotations?• What do you need to cite? What don’t you

need to cite?