Box 116URLs not directly addressable

The URL as displayed by the Web browser may not always be used to retrieve a contribution to a book, i.e., is not directly addressable.

  • Always check to see if the URL is directly addressable
  • If it is not, provide instructions for locating it from the closest addressable URL
    Example:
    • Marcus M, Van Aken H. Prevention of local anaesthetic toxicity. In: Gatt SP, Pybus A, editors. Hypertextbook of regional anaesthesia for obstetrics: an international perspective [Internet]. [place unknown]: MANBIT Technologies; [200?] [cited 2006 Nov 20]. [about 3 screens]. Available from: http://www.manbit.com/oa/oaindex.htm by selecting Marcus from the Author Index.

From: Chapter 22, Books and Other Individual Titles on the Internet

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Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [Internet]. 2nd edition.
Patrias K, author; Wendling D, editor.
Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007-.
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