Author:
List author as last name, space, first name. Example: Park R
Title:
Capitalize the main words of the title.
Volume:
Enter the volume number.
Issue:
Enter the issue number.
Year:
Enter the year as a 4-digit number. Example: 1901
Indexer Name:
Enter your last name.
Medical Subject (MeSH) headings:
You can find an electronic version of the Medical Subject Headings in Ovid
Medline by clicking on "Tools." Type a word and click on the Permuted
button to find subject headings that include that word. It is not necessary
to use subheadings because the database is small. It is better to use a more
general subject heading than one that is too specific.
Enter a maximum of five Medical Subject
headings and include punctuation.
Example: plants, medicinal
Do not capitalize subject headings unless a proper name is included.
Keywords:
Enter a maximum of seven keywords which you select from the text of the article.
The keywords should complement the Medical Subject headings and provide additional
information about the article. Relevant keywords to include might be the name
of an institution, a prominent individual, a location, an antiquated name for
a disease, or an antiquated technique. Do not use such obvious keywords as "disease,"
"treatment," "effects," "symptoms," "causes,"
Do not capitalize keywords unless they are a proper name.
If a person is the subject of the
article, index their last name only as a keyword.
Example: Burwell
If a place is the subject of an article,
index the name of the place only as a keyword. Do not include the name of the
state.
Example: Boston
Example: University of Buffalo (enter the institution name in whatever
form is used in the article):
The following words should be entered
as single words:
bloodletting (not blood letting)
childbirth (not child birth)
stillbirth (not still birth)
smallpox (not small pox)
poorhouse (not poor house)
Avoid use of hypens between words:
Example: stillbirth (not still-birth)
Abbreviate "United States"
as U.S.:
Example: U.S. Navy
February 28, 2002