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are placed after the commas and full stops and before
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Full Citation
Giving all necessary publication information about the intext cited source in a reference list at the end
of your paper
The number given to each in-text cited source corresponds
to the number of this source in the reference page
Start with 1. authors surname 2. his names initials
First line of the entry is outside; the second or rest of lines is
inside.
Abide by the punctuation marks and spaces used in the
following patterns to the letter
Journal Articles
Source number. 1st Author of article, 2nd
Author of article, 3rd Author of
article.
Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal.
year; vol number(issue number):page
number(s).
Notes:
1. Capitalize only the initial of the first word of the title, proper nouns
and acronyms.
2. Journal titles should be abbreviated as they appear in the MEDLINE
Journals Database. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
3. Use a hyphen to refer to a range of pages, e.g. 112-18.
4. In case of citing journal articles, do not write vol. or p. before volume
and page numbers respectively.
E- Book
Source number. Author A, Author B. Title of
e-book [internet]. Place: Publisher;
Date of original publication [cited year
abbreviated month day]. Available from :
URL.
E- Journal
Source number. Author A, Author B. Title of article.
Abbreviated Title of Journal [Serial online]. year [cited year
abbreviated month day];vol (issue
no):page numbers. Available from: Database Name (if
appropriate).URL.
5.Hay PJ. Understanding bulimia. Aust Fam Physician[Serial
online]. 2007[cited 2009 Oct 11];36(9):708-712.
Available
from:http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200709/18554 .
Notes:
1. Database name is used in case the journal article is accessed from online
database. If the article is a scholarly online journal article free of charge,
no database name is written.
Internet Documents
Source number. Author A, Author B. Document title.
Webpage name [Document on the internet].
Date of internet publication [updated year Month
Day(if available); cited year month day]. Available
from: URL.
References
1.Curtin University of Technology. Vancouver referencing. Curtin University
Library [ document on the internet]. [updated 2009 April; cited 2009
Nov 5]. Available from: http://library.curtin.edu.au/research
and information skills/referencing/vancouver.pdf.
2. The University of Queenland. References/bibliography: vancouver style.
The University of Queenland: Library. [ document on the internet].
2005 [cited 2009 Nov 5]. Available from: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/
training/citation/vancouv.pdf.
3. Imperial College. Citing and referencing guide: vancouver style. The
Library [ document on the internet].2008 [ cited 2009 Nov 5].
Available from: http:www.imperial.ac.uk/library.
4. Murdoch University. How to cite references: vancouver style. Murdoch
University: library[ document on the internet].[ updated 2008
February; cited 2009 Nov 5]. Available from: http://wwwlib.murdoch.
edu.au/find/citation/vancouver.html.