Box 119Extent for items published elsewhere and cited in the database

If the contribution is a journal article or book that was published elsewhere and cited in the database:

  • Give the pagination for the item, i.e., the page numbers on which a journal article appears or the total number of pages of a book, as a part of Publication Information
  • Use for extent the length of the record for the item as it appears in the database. For example, in the following citation:
    • Frank CD, Adler DG. Post-ERCP pancreatitis and its prevention. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Dec [cited 2007 Mar 9];3(12):680-8. In: PubMed [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). [1950] -   . [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17130878&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum PMID: 17130878.
    • [The article occupies pages 680 through 688 in the journal, but the record for this article in the database takes about 1 screen to display.]

From: Chapter 24, Databases/Retrieval Systems/Datasets 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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