AMA Challenge The following exercises are examples for practice of proper AMA citations.

You do not need to locate any resources unless specifically instructed to do so. For each of the following sources, note any style/format error(s) and then, below each one, rewrite the item in red so that it properly complies with AMA. NOTE: some sources are incomplete and may require you to go to a database to determine the required citation information. When you are done, save this document with a new file name and submit via the Discussion Forum in D2L for your small group. I suggest something like AMA Challenge Red Group FINAL. Section 1: In-text citations Correct the in-text citations: 1. The following is from the NCU website homepage (http://www2.ncu.edu/Default.aspx): According to NCU Northcentral University is an accredited online university ensuring that your online degree program meets the same high academic standards for educational quality required of premier traditional universities nationwide (p. 1). [7th reference in paper] Re-write here 2. The following is from the AMA Manual of Style, 10th edition, page 40: [1st reference in paper] The American Medical Association noted that references should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order that the author cited in the text (2007, p. 40). Re-write here 3. The following is from the NCU website (http://www2.ncu.edu/whynorthcentral/accreditation): There are many factors that should influence the decision of which institution to attend. One such consideration is accreditation. At a minimum, the institution under consideration should be accredited by a reputable body identified by the Higher Learning commission. NCU (2009) Higher education uses an accreditation processperformed by objective, not-for-profit external agenciesto evaluate colleges, universities and educational programs for continuous quality. [] Northcentral is regionally accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Regional accreditation is the most respected and recognized, whether a school is online or campus-based. [7th reference in paper] Re-write here

Correct the in-text citation and then follow with the correct reference citation. 4. The following is from the Radiobiology book by Travis published in 2000. It is clear to those professionals in radiation oncology that ionizing radiation is a potentially dangerous tool and therefore imperative that all persons involved with any of the medical applications of ionizing radiation have a basic understanding of its hazardous biological potential (Travis, 2000, p. 9). [3rd reference in paper]

Correct the in-text citation only: 5. The following is from an academic journal article with authors Stall, Zach, Ning, Ondos, Arora, Shankavaram, Miller, Citrin, and Camphausen. In a study by Stall, Zach, Ning, Ondos, Arora, Shankavaram, Miller, Citrin, and Camphausen (2006), it was determined that flair and T2 weighted MRIs are used to delineate high grade gliomas and surrounding edema for radiation treatment planning (Stall, Zach, Ning, Ondos, Arora, Shankavaram, Miller, Citrin, and Camphausen, 2006, p. 1). [9th reference in paper]

Section 2: Writing AMA References With the information provided below, write the correct AMA citation for the document in question. Some entries have incomplete data. For these you will need to get complete citation details from the UW-L Library database. Look in EBSCOhost to locate these articles & provide the appropriate citation: 6. Tiernan (2008) wrote an article on airline quality in the US and in Europe. 7. Goodman (2006) did a study on doctoral advisement and found that autonomy and guidance were critical to success.

Use the Journals/Periodicals search to locate this article & provide the appropriate citation: 8. A fellow doctoral student tells you they found an article on doctoral students producing a portfolio instead of a dissertation. They think they saw it in Innovations in Education & Teaching International.

Use a book database like Amazon.com to locate these books & provide the appropriate citation: 9. You want to cite the book Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy by Kavanagh & Timmerman, which is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins in Philadelphia, PA. Page 34. 10. You need to cite a chapter written Annette M. Coleman and Cara Zeidman in a book edited by Charles M. Washington and Dennis Leaver. It was published in 2010 by Mosby in St. Louis, Missouri. The title of the book is Principles and Practice of Radiation Therapy. The chapter is titled Electronic Charting and Image Management. The chapter spans pages 564-578. 11. You want to cite the AMA Manual of Style (i.e. your AMA book!) Use Google to locate these articles and provide the appropriate citation: 12. A reference used in your research is Guiding Principles for Diabetes Care: For Health Care Professionals. It was printed in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is identified by the # 09-4343. The URL for the document is http://ndep.nih.gov/media/GuidPrin_HC_Eng.pdf 13. Doing research on inbreeding within a species after range expansion, you recall hearing something on the subject at a National Academy of Science meeting in 2009.

Section 4: Correcting AMA Mistakes For the following, identify citation mistakes and correct them. 14. Brahme, M. E. (2010). The differences in information seeking behavior..... (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. (UMI No. ...) 15. Curtiz, M. (Director) & Wallis, H. B. (Producer) (1943). Casablanca. United States: Warner Brothers. 16. SPSS Advantage for Excel 2007. Chicago: SPSS, Inc. 17. Stanford. (2009). Nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTcQJPbGHw