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Vancouver referencing style

Vancouver - numbered referencing style

Webpages

A citation to a web site is made mainly from the information found on the homepage.

The URL does not have a full stop after it unless in ends in a forward slash - / or more information follows it such as a DOI number.

Webpage with author

Elements of the citation Author/organization's name. Title of the page [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Publication date or year [updated date - year month day; cited date - year month day]. Available from: URL
 
  • If the place, publisher or date is unknown use [place unknown], [publisher unknown]. 
  • If neither the date of publication nor a date of copyright can be found - use the date of update/revision or date cited.
Reference list
  1. Diabetes Australia. Gestational diabetes [Internet]. Canberra (AU): Diabetes Australia; 2015 [updated 2015; cited 2017 Nov 23]. Available from: https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/gestational-diabetes
  2. National Center for Infectious Diseases [Internet]. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); [reviewed 2007 Feb 15; cited 2007 Feb 20]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm
In-text reference ......occurs in gestational diabetes.1
EndNote reference type Web page

Type of Medium field: enter - Internet

Use the Access Year and Access Date fields for the cited date 

Webpage - no author

Elements of the citation Title [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher's name (unless unknown); Publication date or year [updated date (if available); cited date]. Available from: URL
Reference list
  1. The family impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) [Internet]. [place unknown: publisher unknown]; 2009 Nov 1 [updated 2010 Jan 1; cited 2010 Apr 8]. Available from:http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com.au/healthandlifest yle.asp?sid=192&title=The‐Family‐Impact‐of‐Attention‐ Deficit‐Hyperactivity‐Disorder‐%28ADHD%29page=2
In-text reference Coping with ADHD......(2)
EndNote reference type Web page

Year field: enter year - first 3 letters of month - day order, eg. 2009 Nov 1 (Note: if only known in part, just use year)

Cited date: enter year in Access Year field and date (month and day) in Access Date field

Last Update Date field: enter the Year Month Day when the web page was last updated

Type of Medium field: enter Internet

Title field: enter  - title of website [Internet] eg. The family impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) [Internet]

Webpage - no author/part of a web site

Elements of the citation Title of homepage [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Publication date or year of homepage. Title of specific page/part; Date of publication of part [Cited date of part]. Available from: URL of part
 
  • If the place, publisher or date is unknown use [place unknown], [publisher unknown] or [date unknown]
  • If neither the date of publication nor a date of copyright can be found - use the date of update/revision or date cited.
Reference list
  1. Australian Medical Association [Internet]. Barton (AU): AMA; c2016. Junior doctors and medical students call for urgent solution to medical training crisis; 2012 Oct 22 [cited 2012 Nov 5]; Available from: https://ama.com.au/media/junior-doctors​-and-medical-students-call-urgent-solution-medical-training-crisis
In-text reference ...the need for more doctors.3
EndNote reference type

Web page

Author field: enter -  Author/organisation [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Publication/copyright date, eg. Australian Medical Association [Internet]. Barton (AU): AMA; c2016,
(You must include the comma after the publication year to make EndNote treat it like a corporate author so it all appears in the correct order)

Title field: enter - Title of section; Publication date of part 
eg. Junior doctors and medical students call for urgent solution to medical training crisis

Place published field: put the publication date of the part - year month day eg. 2012 Oct 22

Access Year field: enter year website was viewed

Access Date field: enter month and day website was viewed 

Image on a webpage

Elements of the citation Author/organization. Title [image on the Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Publication date or year [updated date; cited date]. Available from: URL

If the image does not have a title - give the image a meaningful title in square brackets.
Reference list
  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PHIL photo ID#6121: Chickenpox in an unvaccinated child [Image on the internet]. 2011 [updated 2011 Nov 16; cited 2014 Feb 28]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/chickenpox/about/photos.html
In-text reference The image of the rash4.........
EndNote reference type Web page

Type of Medium field: enter - Image on the Internet