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AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Books and Books on CD-ROM

Chapter:
References
Author(s):

Cheryl Iverson

3.15.2 Books and Books on CD-ROM

The basic format for reference to an Internet-based book is as follows. Note: If the reference is to the entire book, the information about chapter title and inclusive pages is not included.

Author(s). Chapter title. In: Editor(s). Book Title. [Edition number, if it is the second edition or above; mention of first edition is not necessary] ed. City, State (or country) of publisher: Publisher’s name; copyright year:inclusive pages. URL: [provide URL and verify that the link still works as close as possible to the time of publication]. Accessed [date].

 

  1. 1. Resnick NM. Geriatric medicine. In: Braunwald E, Fauci AS, Isselbacher KJ, et al, eds. Harrison’s Online. Based on: Braunwald E, Hauser SL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Longo DL, Jameson JL, eds. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 15th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2001. http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/resources/documentation/harrisonsinfo.html. Accessed December 6, 2005.

  2. 2. Lunney JR, Foley KM, Smith TJ, Gelband H, eds. Describing Death in America: What We Need to Know. Washington, DC: National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine; 2003. http://www.nap.edu/books/0309087252/html/. Accessed December 6, 2005.

Citation of a book or monograph in CD-ROM format follows fairly closely the form used for a book or monograph (see 3.12, References to Print Books), with the key difference being the inclusion of the name of the medium in brackets after the title (eg, [CD-ROM]). Titles of books on CD-ROM follow the capitalization style of print book titles and are italicized. Note: If the title of the book (eg, Cecil Textbook of Medicine on CD-ROM) indicates the medium, no mention of the medium in brackets is necessary.

  1. 3. Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K, Walter P. Molecular Biology of the Cell [CD-ROM]. 4th ed. New York, NY: Garland Science; 2002.

  2. 4. Longo DL. Immunology of aging. In: Paul WE, ed. Fundamental Immunology [CD-ROM]. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002;chap 33.