Documentation Styles - Nursing & Medical Sciences

Created especially for graduate-level and doctoral-level students in the College of Nursing to guide you through the research process and acquaint you with the many resources available at Falvey Library.

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APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation Style - Used for most papers and assignments in College of Nursing

Online guides to APA Style
- Research and Documentation Online - Social Sciences (features APA Style)
- APA Style for electronic publications
- APA Tutorial (Flash file)
Print resource: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001. Reference Desk & Information desk REF BF76.7 .P83 2001

Uniform Requirements (ICMJE Uniform Requirements - also called Vancouver Style) - Used by many biomedical journals

Official online guide
Samples of references as recommended by Uniform Requirements (“Section IV: Manuscript Preparation and Submission”)

Citation management software

The library offers two software packages that simplify the mechanics of creating bibliographies and citing sources in papers.

EndNote: Bibliographies made easy!

- Watch video to see how EndNote can help you with documentation.
- EndNote support page - Download EndNote software (if on campus). For off-campus access to EndNote software, contact Barbara Quintiliano (610-519-5207) or by email.
RefWorks Web-based, available anywhere you have an Internet connection

Click here for the help of a research librarian.

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Last Modified: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013