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Include the DOI at the end of the reference if it is available.
Format |
Dictionary title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Title of entry; page number. |
Reference |
Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 31st ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; c2007. Encephalomalacia; p. 621. Mosby’s dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions. 3rd Australian and New Zealand ed. Chatswood (AU): Elsevier; c2014. Rabeprazole; p. 1460. |
Format |
Dictionary title [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Title of entry; [cited YYYY Mon DD]; [# of pages/screens]. Available from: URL |
Reference |
Merriam-Webster medical dictionary [Internet]. Springfield (MA): Merriam-Webster Incorporated; c2005. Cloning; [cited 2019 Nov 16]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/cloning OED Online [Internet]. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2018. Osteomalacia; [cited 2019 Oct 26]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/234078?redirectedFrom=Osteomalacia O’Toole MT, editor. Mosby’s Medical Dictionary [Internet]. 10th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby; 2017 [cited 2019 Oct 25]. Available from: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1239147&site=ehost-live&scope=site |
Format |
Author AA, Author BB. Encyclopedia title. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Title of article; page number. |
Reference |
Encyclopedia article, unsigned Cassell DK, Sanoski CA. The encyclopedia of pharmaceutical drugs. New York: Facts on File; c2012. Corticosteroids; p. 271-6. Signed encyclopedia article Fulzele SS, Fulzele S. Hydroxypropyl cellulose. In: Sheskey PJ, Cook WG, Cable CG, editors. Handbook of pharmaceutical excipients. 8th ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press; 2017. p. 457-463. |
Format |
Title of encyclopedia [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Title of article; [updated YYYY Mon DD; cited YYYY Mon DD]; [# of pages/screens]. Available from: URL |
Reference |
Encyclopedia article, unsigned Signed encyclopedia article Allen LV, Zanowiak P. Pharmaceutical dosage forms. In: Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry [Internet]. New York : Wiley‐VCH; c2002 [updated 2014 Nov 19; cited 2019 Oct 30]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14356007.a19_241.pub2 |
Reference (Citing the entire book/source) |
A.D.A.M. medical encyclopedia [Internet]. Johns Creek (GA): A.D.A.M., Inc.; c2018 [updated 2018 Jan 2; cited 2019 Sep 24]. Available from: https://medlineplus.gov/encyclopedia.html |
Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 [updated 2009 Oct 21; cited 2019 Nov 6]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine