Nutrition uses the AMA Style of Citation. The resources below will help you properly use AMA Style in your assignments. There is also a video and a tutorial you can use to help understand why it is important to cite your sources correctly.
Style Guide Handout
- BarCharts, I. (2015). Ama Style Guide. Boca Raton: QuickStudy Reference Guides.Very useful printable guide to the AMA style. REFERENCES begin on page 5
AMA Style Guide
AMA Manual of Style by Call Number: R119 .A533 2007 REFERENCEISBN: 9780195176339Publication Date: 2007-03-15
PLEASE NOTE: AMA Style requires you to use journal abbreviations from the NLM (National Library of Medicine) - Find them here
- Here is a site showing how to find journal abbreviations using PubMed
- This page shows how to construct abbreviations for journals that are not in the NLM catalog
- This page from Web of Science should be helpful for journals that are not in the NLM catalog
DOI - if you need help with DOI see this page
- Purdue OWLThese resources provide guidance on how to cite sources using American Medical Association (AMA) Style, 10th Ed., including examples for print and electronic sources.
- New York Health Sciences Library: AMA Citation Tip SheetThis tip sheet contains most frequently requested information for AMA Citation Style
