Purdue Online Writing Lab: APA Style Guide
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides writing resources and instructional materials for writing projects. The AMA Style Guide includes an introduction to the style, citation formatting for various sources, formatting for in-text citations and reference lists, and more.
AMA Manual of Style
Find a Journal Abbreviation
To search and find the abbreviated journal title, search the Journal Title's Name or the ISSN.
Basic Form, Author
Author AA. Title of Book. Edition number (only include if beyond first). Publisher name; year of publication.
Basic Form, Editor
Editor AA, ed. Title of Book. Edition number (only include if beyond first). Publisher name; year of publication.
One Author
Dorland WAN. Dorland’s illustrated medical dictionary. 31st ed. Saunders Elsevier; 2007.
More than 6 Editors, Edition Included
Alldredge BK, Corelli RL, Ernst ME, et al., eds. Koda-Kimble and young’s applied therapeutics: the clinical use of drugs. 10th ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2013.
Basic Form, Single Chapter in Edited Book
Author(s) of chapter. Title of Chapter. Editor(s) of chapter, eds. Title of Book. Edition number (only include if beyond first). Publisher name; year of publication.
Chapter has Two Authors, Book has Three Editors
Relling MV, Giacomini KM. Pharmacogenomics. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollmann BC, eds. Goodman and gilman’s the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 12th ed. McGraw-Hill; 2011: 145-168.