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AMA Citation Style

This guide provides basic instruction about the AMA Citation Style.

Website Reference

When citing from a website, include the following elements, if available, in the order shown:

  • Authors’ surnames and initials, if given (the names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”), or name of the group
  • Title of the specific item cited (if none is given, use the name of the organization responsible for the site)
  • Name of the website
  • [Date published]
  • Updated [date]
  • Accessed [date]
  • URL (verify that the link still works as close as possible to publication)

From AMA Manual, 11th ed., Ch. 3.15.3 Websites.

Examples

Charlton G. Internal linking for SEO: examples and best practices. SearchEngineWatch. Accessed February 10, 2016. https://searchenginewatch.com/sew/how-to/2428041/internal-linking-for-seo-examples-and-best-practices

Zika travel information. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January 26, 2016. Updated August 11, 2016. Accessed June 18, 2019. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/zika-travel-information