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Theses and Dissertations

PRINT DISSERTATION OR MASTER'S THESIS	Author or Editor's name, ed. Title of Dissertation/Master's Thesis. Publisher's name (usually the University); Copyright year.
PRINT DISSERTATION OR MASTER'S THESIS	Albury-Warren, T. Diabetes Phenotypes in Transgenic Pancreatic Cancer Mouse Models. Dissertation. University of Central Florida; 2015. Herring P. Out the Barrel of a Gun: Exploring Phallic Symbols in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Master’s thesis. Transylvania University; 2005.

ONLINE DISSERTATION OR MASTER'S THESIS	Author or Editor's name, ed. Title of Dissertation/Master's Thesis. Publisher's name (usually the University); Copyright year. Assessed date. URL
ONLINE DISSERTATION OR MASTER'S THESIS	Guyette J. Unraveling PDI and its Interaction with AB Toxins. Dissertation. University of Central Florida; 2019. Accessed March, 14, 2020. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6498/ Herring P. Out the Barrel of a Gun: Exploring Phallic Symbols in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Master’s thesis. Transylvania University; 2005. Accessed April 27, 2019. https://www.doesnotexist.edu

Unpublished Material

ACCEPTED BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED	Author or Editor's name, ed. Title of Book. Publisher's name. Forthcoming [year].
ACCEPTED BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED	Costanzo LS. Costanzo Physiology. 7th ed. Elsevier. Forthcoming 2021. **Please note, this is recommended for books, but not journal articles.

SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION BUT NOT YET ACCEPTED	Do not list material that has been submitted for publication but has not yet been accepted within the references. This material, with its date, should be noted in the text as “unpublished data,” as follows:
SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION BUT NOT YET ACCEPTED	These findings have recently been corroborated (L. Laufeyson, MD, unpublished data, January 2022).

Please check 3.13.9 of the AMA Manual of Style, 11e for more information.

Government or Agency Reports

PRINT	References to reports published by departments or agencies of a government should include the following information, in the order indicated: (1) name of author (if given); (2) title of bulletin; (headline style) (3) name of issuing bureau, agency, department, or other governmental division (note that in this position, Department should be abbreviated Dept; also note that if the US Government Printing Office is supplied as the publisher, it would be preferable to obtain the name of the issuing bureau, agency, or department); (4) date of publication; (5) page numbers (if specified); (6) publication number (if any); (7) series number (if given); (8) online accessed date (if applicable); and (9) web address (if applicable).
PRINT	Johnston LD, O’Malley PM, Bachman JG, Schulenberg JE, Miech RA. Monitoring the Future: National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2014: College Students and Adults Ages 19-55. Vol 2. National Institute on Drug Abuse, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 2014.

ONLINE	References to reports published by departments or agencies of a government should include the following information, in the order indicated: (1) name of author (if given); (2) title of bulletin; (headline style) (3) name of issuing bureau, agency, department, or other governmental division (note that in this position, Department should be abbreviated Dept; also note that if the US Government Printing Office is supplied as the publisher, it would be preferable to obtain the name of the issuing bureau, agency, or department); (4) date of publication; (5) page numbers (if specified); (6) publication number (if any); (7) series number (if given); (8) online accessed date (if applicable); and (9) web address (if applicable)
ONLINE	Fisher BS, Cullen FT, Turner MG. Research Report: The Sexual Victimization of College Women. US Dept of Justice, Office of Justice Programs; 2000: iii-39. Accessed March 22, 2022. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/182369.pdf

Please check 3.13.2 Government or Agency Reports of the AMA Manual of Style, 11e for more information.