Citation Help: AMA Reference List

Rules and Guidelines

• Author's names are always given as their last name followed by their first and middle initial, without a comma. No space between the first and middle initial.
• Separate authors with a comma if there are more than one. If there are more than six authors, list the first three followed by et al.
• Some books or websites do not give a name or names of personal authors, but were created by an organization, company, or government agency; use the name of the organization in place of the author if no personal author is given.
• For works with no known author, begin with the title. Search websites carefully before deciding they have no author, don't be lazy.

Book with one author

Farnsworth HG. Electric Chickenpox: The Noisy Killer. New York, NY: Penguin Books; 2012

Book with multiple authors

Leonatos HG, Raphael CW, Bobert JR. Yon Tiny Hammer: Asatru and Alternative Medicine. New York, NY: Penguin Books; 1998

Book by an organization

World Health Organization. Horton Hears a WHO: An Account of the Most Surreal Chapter in the Organization's History. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1986.

Chapter from an edited book

Chastain BE. Everything Tastes Purple: A New Perspective on Aphasia. In: Gallagher EE, ed. An Introduction To Odd Disorders. Portland, OR: Whackadoodle Books; 2010.

Journal article with between one and six authors

Vect AD, Mishikal WA. Effects of Hungarian Polka Music on Flu PatientsN Engl J Med. 2009;14(3): 245-275. doi: 123.452.12451j

Journal article with seven or more authors

Wallae ER, Mariska CS, Alamod TR et al. Cactus Juice Ingestion: It's Not the Quenchiest.JAMA. 2006; 66(4): 330-341. doi: 3415.3451.88i

Website

Park RL. Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science. Quackwatch: Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions. http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/signs.html. Accessed March 1, 2015.

Online News Article

Holland J. Medicating Women’s Feelings. New York Times February 28, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/opinion/sunday/medicating-womens-feelings.html?_r=0. Accessed March 2, 2015.