Citing/Attributing Material


Attribution means providing proper citation for material used.  It provides information that will point others to the original sources used.  The citation style recommended by the National Library of Medicine is the Vancouver System. However, for clarity, the library recommends using the following modified citations listed below. 

● For the citations below complete the highlighted information

● Smaller font sizes for slide citations may be used
● The copyright symbol can be added in PowerPoint with the insert tab with the symbol key  

 

The library advises that the following material in highlights be included in the slides and notes.  

 

Creative Commons
In slide under image:

© year Author first name Author last name. CCL. 
 

© 2009 August Wieslmayer. CCL. 

 

In the notes portion of the slide:
   

“Title [if given, if not provide a brief title],” © year Author first name Author last name, used under a CCL: type of license. Retrieved from website url [or title of website] on date. 

 

“Eric Kandel Photo,” © 2009 August Wieslmayer, used under a CCL Attribution-Share Alike. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons on 4/1/10.   

 

Public Domain
In slide under image: Nothing
 

In the notes portion of the slide:

Public domain image. Retrieved from website url [or title of website] on date. 

 

Public domain image. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilder_Penfield.jpg on 3/25/10.

 

Licensed Resource 


AccessMedicine and AccessPharmacy citations are included in the images. No additional citation is necessary.   

 

OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center
In the slide under image:
 

Author last name 

 

Author initials [middle initial should be included if given], et al [if there are additional authors]. Journal title abbreviation [full journal title is acceptable]. Year [full date if known]; Volume # (issue#): beginning page-ending page. (Image type Image #).

 

Bazemore AW, et al. Am Fam Physican. 2002 Dec 1; 66(11): 2103-10. (Figure 2).


In the notes portion of the slide:
   

Resource, Source. Retrieved on date.

 

EbscoHost, OhioLINK. Retrieved on 4/1/10. 

 

OhioLINK Electronic Book Center  
In the slide under image:  

 

Author last name Author initials [middle initial should be included if given], et al [if there are additional authors]. Book title. Year. (Image type Image #, p. page #).


Maisel WH. Device Therapy in Heart Failure. 2009. (Figure 8, p. 17).


In the notes portion of the slide:

OhioLINK e-book. Retrieved on date.

 

OhioLINK e-book. Retrieved on 4/1/10.


Images from a Website  
In the slide under image:


© Author fist name Author last name[if there is one], Website Name/Organization Name .

(plus any additional information stipulated by the website)  

© Charlie Goldberg, M.D., UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images.


In the notes portion of the slide:  

 

“Title [if given, if not provide a brief title],” © year Author fist name Author last name[if there is one], Website Name/Organization Name, use allowed for reason [educational purposes, non-profit…ect.]. Retrieved from website url on date. 

 

“Ascites 3,” © Charlie Goldberg, M.D., UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images, use allowed for educational purposes. Retrieved from http://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalimg/abdomen_ascites5.htm on 4/6/10.

 

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