NUTRITN 372 Writing in Nutrition

guide to library resources for Nutrtion junior year writing course

Citation Style

For your literature review, you will be using the citation style of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This journal uses American Medical Association (AMA) format.

AMA Manual of Style - 11th Edition
E-book version of the latest American Medical Association style guide. (Limited to 3 users at a time.)
AMA Style Guide
from University of Washington

Guide in print:
Science & Engineering Library: UM Science Reference / R119 .A533 2009
NLM Journal Abbreviations
Allows you to get the NLM abbreviation for a journal title to use in AMA citation format. Can also look up abbreviation to find full journal title.

Resources from the UMass Amherst Writing Center

The UMass Amherst Writing Center, located in the Learning Commons on the Lower Level of Du Bois Library, has a page devoted to resources about various aspects of writing and research.

Resources for Writing and Research

Academic Honesty & Plagiarism

"Academic dishonesty is prohibited in all programs of the University. Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to: cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and facilitating dishonesty." University of Massachusetts Amherst Academic Honesty Policy and Appeal Procedure

Here are some links for more information about avoiding academic dishonesty:

Turnitin
Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention service used by many UMass professors that detects textual matches between student papers and other documents available in electronic form on the Internet, in subscription databases, and in databases of student papers.
Academic Honesty Policy
Gives specific examples of academic dishonesty and links to an overview of the policy, the full policy and helpful resources if accused of academic dishonesty.
Avoiding Plagiarism
From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)