PUBH 300: Intro to Epidemiology: Citing Sources

Books

Author(s). Book Title. Edition number (if it is the second edition or above). City, State (or Country) of publisher: Publisher's name; copyright year.

Whole Book

Cueto M, Palmer, S. Medicine and public health in Latin America: a history. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2015. 

Book with Editor(s)

Erwin PC, Brownson RC, eds. Scutchfield and Keck's principles of public health practice. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning; 2017.

Chapter in a Book

Riegelman RK, Kirkwood B. Social and behaviorial sciences and public health. In: Riegelman RK, Kirkwood B, eds. Public health 101: Healthy people--healthy populations. 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2015.

Ebook

Preedy VR, Watson RR. Handbook of disease burden and quality of life measures. New York: Springer Science. 2009. http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-0-387-78664-3. Accessed March 18, 2018.

Websites

Include as much of the following information as possible:

Author(s), (or, if no author is available, the name of the organization responsible for the site). Title of the specific item cited (if none is given, use the name of the organization responsible for the site). Name of the website. URL [provide URL and verify that the link still works as close as possible to publication]. Published [date]. Updated [date]. Accessed [date].

Author

Funk C & Parker K. Women and men in STEM often at odds over workplace equity. Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends website. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/01/09/women-and-men-in-stem-often-at-odds-over-workplace-equity/. January 9, 2018. Accessed March 13, 2018. 

No Author

Food safety. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/. Updated February 7, 2018. Accessed March 13, 2018.

Audiovisual Materials: Basic Format

• Author (if available)
• Title (italicized)
• Format (description of media is put in [ ] - e.g. [videotape])
• Location
• Publisher or distributor
• Year

Example

Ayers S. Terrorism: Medical Response [DVD]. Edgartown, MA: Emergency Film Group; 2002.

Example: Online Video

Fleet, D. Digital Tattoo with Dr. Anita Palepu: Open access publishing [Video]. Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3umZS98MnUs. Published April 6, 2011. Accessed November 8, 2011.

Reference List

• Items are listed numerically in the order they are cited in the text.
• Include up to six authors. If there are more than six, include the first three, followed by et al. If no author is given, start with the title.
• Authors: use initials of first and second names with no spaces or punctuation.

In-Text Citations

• Each reference should be cited in the text, tables, or figures in consecutive numerical order, using superscript Arabic numerals.
• Use superscript numerals outside periods and commas, but inside colons and semicolons.
• Only surnames of authors are used in the text. For a 2 author list, use both surnames; for references with more than 2 authors or authors and a group, include the first author's name followed by "et al," "and coauthors," or "and colleagues"
• Avoid placing a superscript reference citation immediately after a number.
• Do not use possessive et al's in the text; rephrase the sentence.