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This guide does not list every possible source type you may encounter. If you cannot find the type of source you need, consult the full eBook, Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd edition) or ask a librarian for assistance.

Technical Report

Author Last Name Initial(s), ... Author Last Name Initial(s) (Publishing Organization, Publisher Location). Title of report [Internet]. Publication Location, Department or Office; Publication date [cited Year Month Day]. Page length. Contract no: Number. Report No.: Number. Available from: URL.

 

Arkes J, Pacula RL, Paddock S, Caulkins JP, Reuter P (RAND Drug Policy Research Center, Santa Monica, CA). Technical report for the price and purity of illicit drugs: 1981 through the second quarter of 2003 [Internet]. Washington: Executive Office of the President (US), Office of National Drug Control Policy; 2004 Nov [cited 2006 Nov 3]. 83 p. Contract No.: DHHS 282-00-0016. Report No.: NCJ 207769. Available from: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/price_purity_tech_rpt/price_purity_tech_rpt.pdf

Thesis or Dissertation

Author Last Name Initital(s). Title of dissertation [dissertation on the Internet]. Location: University, Department; Publication date [cited Year Month Day]. Page length. Available from: URL or doi.

 

Schoeberlein JG. Accessible collaborative writing for persons who are blind [dissertation on the Internet]. Towson (MD): Towson University, Department of Computer and Information Sciences; 2014 [cited 2021 Aug 9]. 316 p. Available from: https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/1887

Dataset

Author Last Name Initial(s), ... Author Last Name Initial(s). Title of dataset [dataset]. Publication date [cited Year Month Day]. In: Title of Repository [Internet]. Publication Location: Publisher. Publication Date of Repository. Available from: URL or doi

 

Dubuis JO, Samanta R, Gregor T. Accurate measurements of dynamics and reproducibility in small genetic networks [dataset]. 2013 Jan 22 [cited 2014 Oct 2]. In: Dryad Digital Repository [Internet]. Durham (NC): Dryad. 2008 Jan - . Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.35h8v

Entire Database

Database Name [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher. Beginning Date - [cited Year Month Day]. Available from: URL

 

Online Archive of American Folk Medicine [Internet]. Los Angeles: Regents of the University of California. 1996 - [cited 2007 Feb 1]. Available from: http://www.folkmed.ucla.edu/.