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Boxer Library

Clinical Skills Library Orientation

This is the companion guide for the Clinical Skills Orientation library lecture.

Print Journal

Format:

Author Last Name First and Middle Initials. Article Title. Abbreviated Name of Journal in italics. Publication Year;volume(issue):page numbers.

Example:

Barnes KC. Successfully mapping novel asthma loci by GWAS. Lancet. 2011;378(9795):967-8.

Format:

Authors 1- 6 Last Names First and Middle Initials. Article Title. Abbreviated Name of Journal in italics. Publication Year;volume(issue):page numbers.

Example:

Pulgaron ER, Salamon KS, Patterson CA, Barakat LP. A problem-solving intervention for children with persistent asthma: a pilot of a randomized trial at a pediatric summer camp. J Asthma. 2010;47(9):1031-9.

Format:

First three listed authors Last names First and Middle Initials, et al. Article title. Abbreviated Name of Journal in italics. Publication Year;volume(issue):page numbers.

Example:

Milonakis M, Chatzis AC, Giannopoulos NM, et al. Etiology and management of chylothorax following pediatric heart surgery. J Card Surg. 2009;24(4):369-73.

Format:

Author Last Name First and Middle Initials. Article title. Abbreviated Journal Title in italics. Issue date or number:page numbers.

Example:

Dall'igna P, d'Amore ES, Cecchetto G, Bisogno G, Carretto E, Bitetti S, Famengo B, Alaggio R. Intraoperative examination (IOE) in pediatric extracranial tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010:429-36.

Format:

Author Last Name First and Middle Initials. Article Title. Abbreviated Name of Journal in italics. Publication Year;volume;(issue)(suppl number, if applicable):page numbers.

Example:

Crino L, Cappuzzo F. Present and future treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. SEMIN Oncol. 2002;29(3)(suppl 9):9-16.

Print Book

Format:

Author Last Name First and Middle Initials. Title in Italics. Edition, if applicable. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher; Year of Copyright.

Example:

Sacks O. Uncle Tungsten. New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf; 2001.

Format:

Authors 1- 5 Last Name First and Middle Initials. Title in Italics. Edition, if applicable. Place Publication: Name of Publisher; Year of Copyright.

Example:

Venables WN, Ripley BD. Modern Applied Statistics. 4th ed. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co; 2003.

Format:

First three listed authors Last Names First and Middle Initials, et al. Title in Italics. Edition if applicable. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher; Year of Copyright.

Example:

Simon LS, Lipman AG, Jacox AK, et al. Pain in Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Chronic Arthritis. 2nd ed. Glenview, IL: American Pain Society; 2002.

 Format:

Author Last Name First and Middle Initials. Chapter title. In: Editor of Book. Book title in italics. Edition. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher; Year of Copyright:Page Numbers.

Example:

Solensky R. Drug allergy: desensitization and treatment of reactions to antibiotics and aspirin. In: Lockey P, ed. Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker; 2004:585-606.