Medical Assisting: How-Tos

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.

AMA style

Purdue OWL 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