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Referencing

Warning

Every card needs an accepted source with a URL and access date, or it will not be accepted. Never copy text verbatim — it risks automatic rejection without explanation. Can't find a source? Email president@malleus.org.au.

How to cite

Put at least one accepted source in the Source field, with a URL and a last-updated/accessed statement:

Example

Myocardial Infarction - AMBOSS - Last Updated August 20, 2025. Accessed September 18, 2025

Example

Hepatitis B [published 2020 Dec; amended 2021 Mar]. In: Therapeutic Guidelines. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited; accessed 2025 Jan. Link.

For books without a URL, give the DOI; if none exists: Chapter 13 - Talley, O'Connor (2017) Clinical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis, Elsevier. (no access date needed for published works). Consider AMA/Vancouver style (guide).

Multiple sources: list as bullets, mark one as primary, and prefix the others with 'Also see:'.

Creating hyperlinks in Anki

Use this add-on, or open the HTML editor (< >) and write <a href="URL">Title</a> - RESOURCE - Last Updated … Accessed [date]

Accepted sources

See Recommended Resources for the full list. In brief:

  • AMBOSS* — link the specific article
  • PassMedicine* questions
  • StatPearls
  • Therapeutic Guidelines (see eTG tagging)
  • Specialised: DermNet (dermatology), LITFL (critical care), Radiopaedia (radiology)
  • Selected textbooks: Oxford Handbooks; Talley & O'Connor's Clinical Examination 8e; Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Ellis & Calne's Lecture Notes in General Surgery 14e; First Aid 2024 (not for management)
  • Society guidelines (RANZCOG, RACGP…) with website links

Warning

AMBOSS and PassMedicine cards on investigations or management* must be independently checked against local Australian guidelines.

Unacceptable sources

First Aid 2023 or older · Pathoma · Boards & Beyond · Sketchy · Osmosis · Wikipedia · random articles · school lectures · unapproved textbooks · UpToDate (only with verification against local guidelines)

Only use images that are public domain or carry an accepted Creative Commons licence. When unsure, ask us.

Every image needs a credit — italicised, font size 10pt, in this format:

Credit format

Author name (hyperlinked to source), Creative Commons/Public Domain (hyperlinked to the CC licence), via website/journal name

Three ways to format the credit
  1. Recommended: Wrapper meta add-on (code 396502676) — highlight the credit, click the "quote" button
  2. Extended editor add-on — manually set 10pt italics
  3. HTML editor (< >)

Therapeutic Guidelines and RCH images: both have given us permission to reproduce content. TG screenshots go in the eTG Complete field (nothing else goes there; other images go in Additional Resources), must be limited to the minimum content needed to answer the question safely, and need a citation somewhere on the card.

Technical note: AnkiHub converts images to WebP (max 16,383 px per side) — split larger images into equal-width screenshots.

Free-to-use image sources

CDC PHIL · Gray's Anatomy · OpenStax · Radiopaedia · Retina Gallery · Wikimedia Commons · Smart Servier · StatPearls · DermNet