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AMA Citation Style Guide: Reference Examples

Creating a Reference List Page

In AMA style your bibliography should be called Reference List.

Within your Reference List, your references should be listed in numerical order (two references should not be combined under a single reference number) as opposed to alphabetically. The numerical order is based on the order in which the sources were first cited in the document.

Do not begin the reference list on a new page, but place it at the end of your document, after a space or a line. It follows any article information or acknowledgments. Put the word "References" in all caps, and in line with the left-hand margin. Format the numbers as per normal numbering style, single spaced.

Sample Reference List

REFERENCES

  1. Economopoulos KJ, Brockmeier SF. Rotator cuff tears in overhead athletes. Clin Sports Med. 2012;31(4):675-692.
  2. Fikremariam D, Serafini M. Multidisciplinary approach to pain management. In: Vadivelu N, Urman RD, Hines RL, eds. Essentials of Pain Management. Springer; 2011:17-28. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-87579-8_2
  3. Lenza M, Buchbinder R, Christensen R, Hanchard NCA, Faloppa F. Magnetic resonance imaging versus ultrasonography for assessing rotator cuff tears in patients with shoulder pain for whom surgery is being considered. Cochrane Database of Syst Rev. 2011;(3):CD009020. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD009020
  4. Food safety fact sheet 51: food allergies. Queensland Health. March 2013. Accessed January 12, 2014. http://www.health.qld.gov.au/foodsafety/Documents/fs-51-allergies.pdf
  5. Shaparin N, Shah A, Gritsenko K. Pharmacological agents: opioids. In: Urman RD, Vadivelu N, eds. Perioperative Pain Management. Oxford University Press; 2013:29-37. Accessed November 25, 2012. http://jcu.eblib.com.au/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1274300
  6. Finnan RP, Crosby LA. Partial-thickness rotator cuff tears. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2010;19(4):609-616. Accessed April 26, 2012. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1058274609004662
  7. Laccetti MS, Kazanowski MK. Pain Management. Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 2009.
  8. Vadivelu N, Urman RD, Hines RL, eds. Essentials of Pain Management. Springer; 2011. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-87579-8_2
  9. Dog TL. Botanicals in the management of pain. In: Audette JF, Bailey A, eds. Contemporary Pain Medicine: Integrative Pain Medicine: the Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management. Humana Press; 2008:447-470.
  10. State Government of Victoria. Anaphylaxis. Better Health Channel. Updated July 16, 2013. Accessed January 8, 2014. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Anaphylaxis
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