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Referencing style - Vancouver (based on Citing Medicine): Book/eBook

A guide to using the Vancouver citation style for in text citations and reference lists.

Book/eBook

Note on authors/editors:

Citing Medicine lists all authors/editors in the reference list, however they do state “The following formats are not NLM practice for citing authors, but are acceptable options: If space is a consideration, the number of authors may be limited to a specific number, such as the first three authors or first six authors. Follow the last named author with a comma and “et al.” or “and others”. Check with your Unit Coordinator for more information.

 

 

Material Type

     Reference List Example (based on Citing Medicine 2nd edition)

EndNote (Citing Medicine)

The following  instructions are based on using the Citing Medicine 2 (UWA) style with EndNote 20 and 21.

Book [print]
 

Johnson C, Anderson S, Dallimore J, Winser S, Warrell D, Imray C, Moore J. Oxford handbook of expedition and wilderness medicine. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2015. 852 p.

Reference Type - Book

Author - if more than one author, enter each on a separate line. (See note at top of page re use of 'et al').

Number of Pages - enter total number of pages of book.
Edited book

 

Husen A, editor. Antimalarial medicinal plants [Internet]. 1st ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2024. 329 p. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/UWA/detail.action?docID=31195416

 

  Reference Type - Edited book

Editor - if more than one editor, enter each on a separate line. (See note at top of page re use of 'et al').

 
eBook 
Arntz A, van Genderen H. Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder [Internet]. Second edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell; 2021 [cited 2024 Nov 8]. 276 p. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119101161 
 
 
 
Smith JD, Elston J, Lenthall S, et al. Australia's Rural, Remote and Indigenous Health [Internet]. 3rd ed. Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier; 2016 [cited 2024 Nov 8]. Available from: https://www.clinicalkey.com.au/#!/browse/book/3-s2.0-C2014004926X 

Reference Type - Electronic Book

Author - if more than one author/editor, enter each on a separate line. Add authors/editors in the format Last name, First name. (Example 2: for optional limit to author/editors, use et al.) Note: Place editors in the author field.

Type of Medium - Internet.

Edition - type as you'd like it to be shown. In the first example, 2nd ed. would also be acceptable. 

Place of publication

Publisher 

Year - if year of publication is not indicated, use year of last update or revision.

Date cited - use when citing electronic sources. Format is year, month (abbreviated), day.

Number of Pages - add the p - eg. 276 p (don't include the period after the p, Endnote will add it). Note: the eBook in the second example does not list page numbers, so these have been omitted. 

  URL – copy and paste. EndNote will add the Available from:

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