Let’s construct the citation for the MedlinePlus website

Let’s construct the citation for the MedlinePlus website

• Let’s construct the citation for the MedlinePlus website

• Open the website: http://medlineplus.gov

Title:

• Title:

• Transcribe the title as it appears online including the spelling, capitalization and any special characters.
• Separate a title and subtitle with a colon (:) unless other punctuation is already there

Title:

• Title:

• Transcribe the title as it appears online including the spelling, capitalization and any special characters.
• Separate a title and subtitle with a colon (:) unless other punctuation is already there

Type of Medium:

• Type of Medium:

• For websites, use: [Internet].

• Place of Publication:

• If no place of publication is included on the homepage, look for it on a ‘Contact Us’ or similar page.
• If a place of publication cannot be identified, use: [place unknown]

Type of Medium:

• Type of Medium:

• For websites, use: [Internet].

• Place of Publication:

• If no place of publication is included on the homepage, look for it on a ‘Contact Us’ or similar page.
• If a place of publication cannot be identified, use: [place unknown]

Publisher:

• Publisher:

• The publisher is often given with the copyright statement at the bottom of the homepage. The publisher may be the same as the author.
• If there is no publisher given, use: [publisher unknown].
• If there is no place or publisher, use: [place unknown: publisher unknown].
• Special rule: The National Library of Medicine is part of the National Institutes of Health. It is cited as “National Institutes of Health (US), National Library of Medicine”

Publisher:

• Publisher:

• The publisher is often given with the copyright statement at the bottom of the homepage. The publisher may be the same as the author.
• If there is no publisher given, use: [publisher unknown].
• If there is no place or publisher, use: [place unknown: publisher unknown].
• Special rule: The National Library of Medicine is part of the National Institutes of Health. It is cited as “National Institutes of Health (US), National Library of Medicine”

Dates:

• Dates:

• If there is no publication date but there is a copyright date (with a ©), use the copyright date(s) preceded by a ‘c’.
• Include updating or revision dates after the publication date. Use the webpage’s terminology for the date and include it in square brackets with the cited date.
• If there is no date of publication, use the date of updating or revision.
• If there is no date of publication, updating or revision, include only the cited date in square brackets.

Dates:

• Dates:

• If there is no publication date but there is a copyright date (with a ©), use the copyright date(s) preceded by a ‘c’.
• Include updating or revision dates after the publication date. Use the webpage’s terminology for the date and include it in square brackets with the cited date.
• If there is no date of publication, use the date of updating or revision.
• If there is no date of publication, updating or revision, include only the cited date in square brackets.

Available from:

• Available from:

• Use the complete URL of the website’s homepage.
• Break a long URL after a slash (/).
• End with a period (.) only if the URL ends with a slash (/)

Available from:

• Available from:

• Use the complete URL of the website’s homepage.
• Break a long URL after a slash (/).
• End with a period (.) only if the URL ends with a slash (/)

Start with the citation for the homepage except for the citation date and URL

• Start with the citation for the homepage except for the citation date and URL

• Insert information about the webpage you used including the title, publication and citation dates, length and URL

• Examples and instructions in Citing Medicine, Chapter 25

MedlinePlus: Trusted Health Information for You [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Health (US), National Library of Medicine; [updated 2013 Sep 10]. Athlete’s foot; [updated 2013 March 22; cited 2013 Sep 16]; [about 3 screens]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency /article/000875.htm

• MedlinePlus: Trusted Health Information for You [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Health (US), National Library of Medicine; [updated 2013 Sep 10]. Athlete’s foot; [updated 2013 March 22; cited 2013 Sep 16]; [about 3 screens]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency /article/000875.htm

Use the “How to write a reference” link on the Library’s homepage

• Use the “How to write a reference” link on the Library’s homepage

• Ask at the Information Desk (1st floor library)

• Use our Ask A Librarian online service