Sample PubMed Central Citations
This page shows reference citations in the NLM format. All of these examples were taken from:
Patrias, Karen. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling, Daniel L., technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 [2008 May 1]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine
This version shows the style of the references as they will appear online in PMC. A tagged version is available for examples of how to tag each citation. These citations are tagged in version 3.0 of the NLM Journal Archiving DTD. For examples tagged in versions prior to 3.0, please see http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pmcdoc/tagging-guidelines/citations/v2/citations.html.
Citing Published Print Documents
- Journals
- Books
- Conference Publications
- Scientific and Technical Reports
- Dissertations and Theses
- Bibliographies
- Patents
- Newspaper Articles
Citing Unpublished Material
- Forthcoming ("in press")
- Papers and Poster Sessions Presented at Meetings
- Letters and Other Personal Communications
Citing Audio and Visual Media (audiocassettes, videocassettes, slides, photographs, etc.)
Citing Material on CD-ROM, DVD, or Disk
- Books and Other Individual Titles on CD-ROM, DTD, or Disk
- Journals on CD-ROM, DTD, or Disk
- Databases on CD-ROM, DTD, or Disk
- Computer Programs on CD-ROM, DTD, or Disk