Library: Veterinary Technology: How-to

AMA style

AMA citation in-text and reference samples

USC Libraries' AMA style guide. This guide is in-depth and includes a tutorial.

AMA manual of style : a guide for authors and editors (R119 .A533 2020 Reference)

Citations found in GALILEO are often inaccurate and must be edited. If the article has a DOI (digital object identifier), use that number instead of the URL. If there is no DOI, use the URL and the date of access (Accessed: date). Do not include the database name. Do not include [serial online].

How to find journal abbreviations

NLM catalog: A National Library of Medicine collection.
Publication's webpage
Physical journal's preface or foreword

A few examples

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association -- J Am Vet Med Assoc

Veterinary record open -- Vet Rec Open

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine -- Top Companion Anim Med

Research in Veterinary Science -- Res Vet Sci

Search tip: constructing a search using boolean operators

Boolean

Interlibrary loan

We can borrow materials for you from other libraries. It's called Interlibrary Loan, and it's a free service that Athens Tech library provides for its faculty, staff and students. If you need any material that you can't find in the library, please submit your request here.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a search engine from Google focused on scholarly literature. It's very easy to use and looks and feels just like the regular version of Google. Athens Technical College computers automatically show links to ATC library's full-text articles.

From home you can set your Google Scholar preferences using the instructions below to access ATC library resources from home.

From the Google Scholar Homepage click the 3 line icon on the upper left of the page:

Then select settings.
Select library links from the menu on the left:

Search for Athens Technical College and check the Athens Technical College -- Full Text @ Athens Tech box and the Athens Technical College -- ViewIt@ATHENSTC box.

Note: To retain this setting, you must have cookies turned on in your Internet browser. Otherwise, you will have to go through the
steps to add ATC Library each time you open a the browser.