Finding, Writing and Submitting Articles

Citation Management

• Citation Management Software Comparison
• EndNote
• Mendeley
• RefWorks
• Zotero

Citing Sources

• AMA Manual of Style
• American Medical Association (AMA) Citation Style
• American Psychological Association (APA) Citation Style
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
• MedlinePlus: FAQ – Can you tell me how to cite MedlinePlus pages?
• National Library of Medicine (NLM) Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citations
• The Elements of Style (1999 ed.)

Finding Full Text Articles

• BU Ejournals (be sure to log in through Library or BU page)
• Preprints (list of sources for preprint articles)
• CORE (open access research papers from around the world)
• Google Scholar (good source for full text links, when available)
• PubMed Central (PubMed’s open access repository)
• ShareYourPaper.org (enter a doi to check for free full text)
• Unpaywall (a browser add-on that alerts you to free versions of articles)

Journal Title and Abbreviation Sources

• Journals Referenced in MEDLINE Database
• JournalSeek
• List of Serials Indexed for Online Users

Medical Quotations

• Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
• Medicine Quotes
• Medicine Quotes and Quotations
• Quotations on Medical Subjects

Note-Taking and Studying

• Read&Write GOLD
• Resources for PDF Note-Taking and Studying

Submitting to Journals

• Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (submission guidelines for health sciences journals)
• Journal / Author Name Estimator (JANE)
• Journal Citation Reports (includes suggested journals for submission)
• JournalFinder – Elsevier
• NIHMS System User’s Guide to Submitting a Manuscript
• Ulrichsweb: Global Serials Directory
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals