Academic Writing Resources Guide

AMA style is the citation style created by the American Medical Association.

• This style is the commonly the preferred style for many journals related to the clinical and allied health sciences. The citations in this guide are based on the tenth edition of the AMA Manual of Style. 

• The full manual is available online, as well as in the Reserves cabinets behind the Circulation Desk. 
  • AMA Manual of Style

Review the tabs on the left to quickly learn how to cite electronic examples, print examples, in-text references, pharmacy resources, and poster or presentations. 

Things to Remember:

• AMA style utilizes a reference list instead of a bibliography.
  • This means that you only include references that you actually mention or cite in your paper. You connect your citation to the reference list by number.
• The numbers must be in superscript. 

• References are organized by order of occurrence in the written text, not alphabetically.
  • This means that the first reference used in the document is citation number 1, the second is number 2, etc.
• If you reuse information from a previously-cited reference, you will reuse the original citation number after the relevant text and not assign the reference a new number. So, for example, if you re-quote from your first reference later in your paper, you would still cite that quote as reference number 1.