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Writing in the Health Sciences For Faculty and Students: Citations & PDFs
Focuses on resources for master's and professional doctorate students and their teachers.
Created by Health Science Librarians
Allied Health Sciences: Organize citations
Organize Citations & PDFs
- Set up an account for a citation/reference management tool to help you keep track of the articles you find and cite them correctly when you write:
- Either register for a free UNC account to try out Lean Library Workspace (Sciwheel) (formerly F1000 Workspace)
- Lean Library Workspace (Sciwheel) sign-in/registration
- Sciwhel Guide from HSL
- How-To Videos from Lean Library Workspace (Sciwheel) Help Guide (additional videos under development)
- How to choose? Unless you have prior experience, we suggestion considering F1000Workspace or Mendeley for most student groups.
- Consult our comparison guide or Ask Us for more information.
Citing: Online Guides
- UNC Writing Center video: How We Cite (2:06 min)In much of your academic writing, you will use outside sources of information. How can you integrate sources into your papers? And how should you cite them?
- UNC Writing Center video: Why We Cite (2:20 minutes)You know that instructors want you to cite your sources, but do you know why citations are so important?
- Citation & Style Manuals; Resources to help with citation formattingFrom the HSL Writing & Citing Guide.
Includes AMA, NLM (Citing Medicine), APA, CSE, ICMJE Samples and ICMJE "Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals," Citing Special Sources, Citing Data, OWL at Purdue, and more. - Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Laboratory)online guide covering MLA, APA, Chicago Styles)
- APA Style Guide (HSL)See, also, Transition to APA 7th Edition box below.
- ICMJE Sample References: International Committee of Medical Journal EditorsICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References
- Citing Information (Main Campus)Information and sample reference pages for APA, MLA 7th & 8th editions (Modern Language Association), Chicago, CSE/CBE 7th & 8th editions (preferred style for SOM CV bibliography). Also includes a an online Citation Builder for these styles.
- How to Cite DataThis guide provides guidance on how to construct a citation for data. Doing so is important to acknowledge the work of others if the data is not your own but, even if it is your own, to enable others to find (and perhaps re-use) your data.
Compare Citing & Writing Tools: Lean Library Workspace (Sciwheel), EndNote, Zotero
All HSL Citing & Writing Guides: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/citingandwriting
Transition to APA 7th Edition: A few resources
- APA Style Website (APA)Includes style guidelines by topic, blog, related publications, instructional aids for educators and students, Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS).
- APA Publication Manual (7th Edition) IntroductionIncludes highlights of changes chapter-by-chapter
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Seventh Edition) by Call Number: HSL Reference collection (1st floor) Call#: WZ 345 A512p [click title link for additional locations] 2020 REFERENCEISBN: 9781433832154Publication Date: 2020Official source for APA Style. It guides users through the scholarly writing process--from the ethics of authorship to reporting research through publication. Thoroughly revised and updated. Dedicated chapter for new users of APA Style covering paper elements and format, including sample papers for both professional authors and student writers. New chapter on journal article reporting standards with reporting standards for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research reporting standards in APA Style. New chapter on bias-free language guidelines for writing about people with respect and inclusivity. More than 100 new reference examples covering periodicals, books, audiovisual media, social media, webpages and websites, and legal resources. Expanded guidance on ethical writing and publishing practices, including how to ensure the appropriate level of citation, avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism, and navigate the publication process.
