Physical Therapy: Writing & Citing

• American Medical Writers Association

  Through an extensive educational program, various publications, and unparalleled opportunities for networking, AMWA encourages and enables medical communicators to extend their professional expertise.

• International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP)

  ISMPP (pronounced "IZ' map") has the goal of becoming the leading global authority on the ethical and effective publication of medical research to inform treatment decisions.

• ICMJE Recommendations on Manuscript Preparation

  The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) developed these recommendations to review best practice and ethical standards in the conduct and reporting of research and other material published in medical journals, and to help authors, editors, and others involved in peer review and biomedical publishing create and distribute accurate, clear, reproducible, unbiased medical journal articles.

American Psychological Association's Style Guide

American Medical Association Manual of Style

Using a citation management program is often recommended if you will be doing a large amount of writing because these utilities help to easily collect, organize, and properly format citations. There are several citation management programs available, and the LIU Post Library provides instruction and support for two of them.

• Mendeley

  Build a searchable library that makes it easy to find, read and cite papers. Upload your data to a secure online location for easy access and sharing. Discuss current topics and collaborate with fellow researchers worldwide.

• Zotero

  Zotero is a free tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Zotero collects all your research in a single, searchable interface. You can add PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages, and really anything else. Zotero automatically indexes the full-text content of your library, enabling you to find exactly what you're looking for with just a few keystrokes.