Email & Citation Tools

Once you find an article on your topic and identify the research design, email yourself the article and copy the citation.

Use the NLM (National Library of Medicine) or Vancouver/ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) citation style.

PubMed article with email and cite buttons highlighted

Select NLM as your citation style.

Sample NLM citation

Citation tools with email and cite highlighted

Select Vancouver/ICMJE as your citation style. The CINAHL database does not have a NLM option, but ICMJE follows the NLM citation style.

Sample ICMJE citation