Information for document, citation and reference list formatting that cover the American
Psychological Association (APA) , the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the Chicago
Manual Of Style document formatting styles.
From North Carolina State University Libraries, this resource lets you "build" your
own citations in MLA, APA, or CBE format by entering information for a book, scholarly
article, book chapter or essay, Web site, or personal interview.
Free from SLU for faculty, students and staff. Product and download information for
this bibliographic management tool.
Product and ordering information for this bibliographic management tool.
Includes information from multiple health related journals about such things as their
editorial board, TOCs, and Instructions to Authors. From the University of Washington
School of Public Health and Community Medicine Department of Health Services.
Search links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 6,000 journals
in the health and life sciences.
Purdue University's OWL staff has a number of handouts on all areas of grammar, usage
and mechanics, as well as writing. Of particular interest are the handouts on APA
format.
A compilation of style sites including APA, Chicago Manual, MLA, and Turabian formats.
A source of general guidelines on the format of manuscripts submitted to medical journals.
From the American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine.
Statistics Information
Links to the principle fact finding agency for the federal government in the field
of labor economics and statistics. Includes data on labor, employment, prices, earnings,
the consumer price index, and foreign labor statistics.
Provides quality data about the people of the U.S. A good source for social, demographic,
and economic information on topics such as housing, the population, income, retail
and wholesale sales, state and local area profiles, service industries, and manufacturing.
Provides information regarding scientific data, surveillance reports, health statistics,
and laboratory information.
Information relating to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Child Health Insurance Programs.
Provides statistics relating to these programs, as well as health care indicators
and managed care reports.
A statistical compendium prepared by the CIA that provides facts and data regarding
people, government, geography, economy, transportation, communication, and defense.
"A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals
at a national, regional, and state level." Part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Find health statistics regarding the latest news, general/overviews, prevention/screening,
specific conditions, and more. From the National Library of Medicine.
Provides community data profiles at the state, county and city levels. Provides data
relating to cause of death, economics, hospitals, nursing homes, the population, maternal/child
health, communicable diseases, and injuries in Missouri. Can also obtain statistical
fact sheets covering topics such as smoking, hazardous substances,childhood lead poisoning,
HIV, STDs, radon, and reportable diseases.
Prepared by the CDC, this site includes morbidity and mortality tables, the electronic
version of MMWR Weekly, CDC surveillance summaries, recommendations and reports, and
other publications. Requires Adobe Acrobat to view.
Links to the primary federal organization responsible for the collection, analyzing,
and dissemination of health statistics. "FASTATS from A-Z" provides quick statistics
and links to other comprehensive data and related sites.
"This guide contains sources for national, state, and county-level statistics and
data focusing on a wide range of topics. While many are strictly-related to rural
health and human services, others include data for urban areas and populations as
well."
This government site has links to three agency websites that maintain statistics relating
to drug abuse and mental health. SAMHSA stands for the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration.
Provides data from private and government sources on a wide variety of topics including
the population, social and economic conditions, health, industry, communications,
and state profiles. Also covers some international data. Requires Adobe Acrobat to
view.