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Instructions for Authors 

Health Inform is an official publication of Health Libraries Inc. featuring news, articles,
and candid accounts from information professionals working in the health sector.  

Manuscripts are reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that they
have not been published (or made available online), submitted, or accepted
for publication. elsewhere. Presentation of a paper at a conference without
published proceedings is not considered to be prior publication 

Full-length articles                                 (1000-3000 words)  

Short features, regular features,            (250-1000 words)  
product reviews and editorials

Letters to the editor 

Number references in the order they are mentioned in the text using Arabic numerals enclosed in parentheses (eg. … which was reported by Smith (1)). If a citation is referred to again, the same number should be used. References should be listed at the end of an article, and double-spaced. Abbreviations of journal titles should conform to the style of Index Medicus, italics should not be used in references. 

Referencing should follow the Vancouver style, see :  

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. JAMA 1997;277(11):927-34.  

Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for pancreatobiliary disease. Ann Intern Med 1996 Jun 1;124(11):980-3. 

Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl HP, Ivanov E, et al. Childhood-leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer 1996;73:1006-12. 

Book :

Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skills for nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996.

Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.

Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. p. 465-78. 

Kilmartin M. Women in GP: a strategy for women GPs. RACGP Online. Available at: URL:http://www.racgp.org.au/. Accessed Jul 30, 2003. 

Submitted photographs or graphics should be at least 300 pixels per inch (ppi), preferably 1200 ppi.