Style Manual

Style Manual - American Mathematical Society (AMS)

Within this style, examples of citations are provided for the following databases: Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, JSTOR, InfoTrac Web, Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism, ERIC Digests, and the electronic Human Relations Area File. With AMS, the # sign in brackets represents the order that the citation is mentioned in the text of the paper. For example, [5] would indicate that this is the fifth citation found in the text.

Lexis-Nexis Universe: Periodical Article (with author and without author)

[#]     Author(s) First initial, Last Name*, Title of Article, Title of Journal/
	Magazine, DAY/MONTH (IN BOLD). (Year), [Online--Subscription only], 
	Available: <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>, Lexis-Nexis Academic 
	Universe, Main Section/Subsection/Source (or other limit, depending on 
	the subsection, Retrieval date.

* If no author is given, begin the citation with the title of the article.

[1]     J. Borland, Challenge to net porn law brews, TechWeb News 10 Mar. (1998), 
	[Online--Subscription only], Available:  <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>, 
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Business/Industry/Computer & Telecommunications
	News, 23 Apr. 1998.

[5]     End-of-life options explored by physicians and psychiatrists, The Lancet 
	3 Jan. (1998), [Online—Subscription only], Available:  <http://www.lexis-
	nexis.com/unvierse>, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, News/General News/
	Magazines & Journals, 23 Apr. 1998.

Lexis-Nexis Universe: Newspaper Article

[#]     Author(s) First initial, Last Name, Title of Article, Title of Newspaper 
	DAY/MONTH (IN BOLD). (Year), [Online--Subscription only], Available: 
	<http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, 
	Main Section/Subsection, Retrieval date.

[2]     G. Boucher, Confessed mercy killer released by O.C. judge; Courts: Lawyers
	on both sides agree that he acted solely to end the suffering of his terminally
	ill mother, Los Angeles Times 24 Apr. (1998), [Online--Subscription only], 
	Available:  <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>, Lexis-Nexis Academic 
	Universe, News/Today's News, 24 Apr. 1998.

JSTOR: Periodical Article

[#]     Author(s) First initial, Last Name, Title of Article, Title of Journal 
	(Issue Number) Volume (IN BOLD) (Year):  Pages, [Online--Subscription only], 
	Available: <http://www.jstor.org/>, JSTOR, Journals Searched, Retrieval date.

[7]     S.A. Tuch, Urbanism, region, and tolerance revisited: The case of racial
	prejudice, Am. Soc. Rev. (8) 52 (1987):  504-510, [Online--Subscription only], 
	Available: <http://www.jstor.org/>, JSTOR, All Sociology Journals, 24 Apr. 1998.

InfoTrac Web: Full-Text Periodical Article

[#]     Author(s) First initial, Last Name, Title of Article, Title of Journal/Magazine 
	DAY/MONTH (IN BOLD). Year, [Online--Subscription Only], Available:  
	<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tel_a_maryville>, The Gale Group. 
	Database name, Retrieval date.

[4]     C. Daniel, Killing with kindness, New Statesman 15 Aug. 1997, [Online--
	Subscription Only], Available:  <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/
	tel_a_maryville>, The Gale Group.  Expanded Academic ASAP, 27 Apr. 1998.

ERIC Digests: Full-Text

[#]     Author(s) First initial, Last name, Title of ERIC Document [ERIC Document 
	number], ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Educ., Urbana,
	IL, Year, ERIC Digest, Available: <URL of Web page cited>, Retrieval date.

[6]     J.B. Hohensee and L. Derman-Sparks, Implementing an Anti-Bias Curriculum in
	Early Childhood Classrooms [ED 351 146], ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary 
	and Early Childhood Educ., Urbana, IL, 1992, ERIC Digest, Available: 
	<http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed351146.html>, 28 Apr. 1998.

eHRAF Collection of Ethnography

[#]     Author(s) First initial, Last name, Main Title, Publication Information for 
	title cited, Human Relations Area Files, 1997. Available:  <URL of Web page 
	cited>, Retrieval date.

[12]    P. Bohannan and L. Bohannan, Tiv Economy, Northwestern UP, Evanston, IL, 1968, 
	Human Relations Area Files, 1997.  Available:  <http://www.hti.umich.edu/bin/
	ehraf/hraf/idx?type=html&rgn=lowlevels&byte=407823003>, 17 Nov. 1998.

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