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Answering Background Questions

How Do I Cite...?

The ClinicalKey corporate recommendation does not necessarily follow the citation style guidelines that you may need for your class assignments or for the publication of a manuscript. Since ClinicalKey contains different types of content you will need to note what type of material you are citing in order to follow the style rules for that type of resource.

According to the ClinicalKey User Guide, Viewing and Sharing Content:

  • In citations for drug monographs, images, and patient education materials, include the copyright holder, the title of the material, a reference to ClinicalKey with the appropriate website address, and the date you viewed the material.

In citations for material original to Clinical Overviews, include the title of the material, the type of article, a reference to ClinicalKey with the appropriate website address, and the date you posted and viewed the material."

AMA

This page represents our attempt to apply AMA to selected ClinicalKey resources. For more information, check the AMA Manual of Style, 11th ed.

Books

Section 3.4 of the AMA 11 describes the following "Minimum Acceptable Data for References" for books: 

  • Book Title
  • Edition number (if second or later)
  • Publisher’s name
  • Copyright year
  • Accessed [date]
  • URL (or DOI, if provided)

Tip: See the source of the video to find the book citation.

Drug Monographs:

1. Venlafaxine.  Drug Monographs. Elsevier Drug Information; 2023. Accessed June 26, 2023. https://www.clinicalkey.com1

Elsevier Point of Care:

2. Clinical overview: Generalized anxiety disorder. Elsevier Point of Care. ClinicalKey; 2023. Accessed July 30, 2024. 

Whole Book:

3. Litwack G. Human Biochemistry. 2nd ed. Academic Press; 2022. Accessed June 26, 2023. https://www.clinicalkey.com

Book Chapter:

4. Atmar RL, Englund JA. Rhinoviruses. In: Cherry JD, Harrison GJ, Kaplan SL, Steinbach WJ, Hotez PJ, eds., Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2019: 1545-1558.e6.  Accessed June 26, 2023. https://www.clinicalkey.com

Journal Article:

5. Tesini BL, Dumyati G. Health care-associated infections in older adults: epidemiology and prevention. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2023;37(1):65-86. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2022.11.004

Tip: When you first open an article, ClinicalKey does not display the DOI but you should be able to find it on the PDF.

Procedure Video:

6. Thomsen TW, Setnik GS, Roberts JR, Hedges JR, Carter MA. Compartment Syndrome Evaluation; 2021. Access June 26, 2023. https://www.clinicalkey.com

Video in a Book/Book Chapter:

7. Bruxism [video]. In: Berry RB. Sleep Medicine Pearls. Saunders; 2015. Accessed June 26, 2023. https://www.clinicalkey.com

Citing information from a journal article found in an full-text database like PsychiatryOnline or CINAHL.

In Vancouver Style:

DOI available:

#. Author A, Author B. Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal. year;vol(no):page numbers. doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX.

No DOI available:

#. Author A, Author B. Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal [format]. year [cited year abbreviated month day];vol(no):page numbers. Available from: Database Name. Internet address.

Example:

Smith K, Smith P, Cercone S, McKee S, Homish G. Past year non-medical opioid use and abuse and PTSD diagnosis: interactions with sex and associations with symptom clusters. Addictive Behaviors [serial on the Internet]. (2016, July), [cited August 1, 2016]; 58167-174. Available from: CINAHL with Full Text.

 

Citing information from a journal article found on a website.

DOI available:

#. Author A, Author B. Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal. year;vol(no):page numbers. doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX.

No DOI available

#. Author A, Author B. Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal [format]. year [cited year abbreviated month day];vol(no):page numbers. Available from: Internet address.

Example:

​Rousseau C, Jean S, Gamache P, Lebel S, Mac-Way F, Biertho L, et al. Change in fracture risk and fracture pattern after bariatric surgery: nested case-control study. BMJ [Internet]. 2016 [cited 2016 Aug 1]; 354: [about 12 pages]. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i3794.

Citing an image found in an ebook.

In Vancouver Style:

Example:

The Urbana atlas of pathology [Internet]. Urbana (IL): University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign; c1994-1997. Image No. 034, Left ventricular hypertrophy, heart; [cited 2006 Nov 15]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://www.med.uiuc.edu/PathAtlasf/CVAtlas034.html

Citing an image found in an image database like VisualDX or AnatomyTV.

Caption below image: "Image source: VisualDX"

Citation at end of presentation/paper:

AnatomyTV [Internet]. London: Informa PLC, Primal Pictures. Copyright 2016 - . [Image], Neurovasculature of the spinal cord: anterior aspect; [cited 20 July 2016]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://anatomy.tv/GotoView.aspx?productname=interactivespine2014&modelID=-1&mediaID=9518282&structureID=-1&mediaTypeID=4&productID=452.

Medpix [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). [date unknown] - . [Image], Acute ischemic stroke: Hyperacture stroke, left-sided paresis and hemineglect; [cited 20 July 2016]; [about 1 screen]. Available from https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/case?id=88854bc4-688b-4f39-acdf-4b534bdb2596. 

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