Box 33Joint publication

Two organizations may co-publish a program.

  • Use the city of the first organization found on the opening screens (or on the face of the CD-ROM, DVD, or disk, on the jewel case, or in accompanying material if no publisher information appears on the opening screens) as the place of publication
  • Place the name of the second organization as a note at the end of the citation, if desired
    • Fire safety [disk]. Version 1 for Windows. Oakbrook Terrace (IL): Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; c1997. 10 computer disks: color, 3 1/2 in. Accompanied by: 1 manual. Joint publication of the Florida Hospital Association Information Services.
    • McCall RE, Tankersley CM, Behrens JA, Piper KE, Albay D, Chiang S, Matheson L, Davis D, Gratzer M, Orkand A, Astion M. PhlebotomyTUTOR: medical educational software [CD-ROM]. Version 1.0. Hagerstown (MD): Lippincott; c1998. 1 CD-ROM: color, 4 3/4 in. Joint publication of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center.
  • Do not give multiple places as place of publication or include multiple publishers

From: Chapter 21, Computer Programs on CD-ROM, DVD, or Disk

Cover of Citing Medicine
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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