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Referencing style - Vancouver (based on Citing Medicine): Report

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

Report

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.
Report [print]	Barker B, Degenhardt L. Accidental drug-induced deaths in Australia 1997-2001. Sydney (NSW): National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre; 2003. 46 p. Report No.: NDARC 163.	Reference Type - Report Publisher - insert a comma at the end of the publisher statement so that it displays correctly. Report Number – add if provided.
Report [Online]	Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey: first results, 2017-18 [Internet]. Canberra (ACT): Commonwealth of Australia; 2018 [cited 2019 Mar 15]. 97 p. Report No.: 4364.0.55.001. Available from: https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/PrimaryMainFeatures/4364.0.55.001	Reference Type - Electronic Book Type of Medium - Internet Number of Pages - add the total number of pages, then a space and a 'p' ending with a period. eg. 97 p. Original Publication - add report number if provided, eg. Report No.: 4364.0.55.001 URL – copy and paste Year Cited Date Cited - add month and day of access, eg. Mar 15
Report - more than one publisher	Essentially yours: the protection of human genetic information in Australia [Internet]. Sydney (NSW): Australian Law Reform Commission; 2003 [cited 2019 Mar 15]. 636 p. Report No.: ALRC 96. Available from: https://www.alrc.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ALRC96_vol1.pdf. Jointly published by the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia. Note - do not give more than one name in the Publisher field. Use the first organisation appearing in the document and if you wish, place the name of the second organisation as a note at the end of the citation. Including subsequent organisations is optional. More information.	Reference Type - Electronic Book Title - include [Internet] after the title. Place Published Publisher - See note below example. Year - of publication Year Cited Date Cited - add month and day of access, eg. Mar 15 Number of Pages - add the total number of pages, then a space and the letter 'p' ending with a period. eg. 636 p. Original Publication - add report number if provided. Add all details you want to appear, e.g. Report No.: ALRC 96 URL – copy and paste Secondary Title - add name of additional publisher/s, and include the details, e.g. "Jointly published by …" or "Joint publication of …"

More examples

For more examples see Citing Medicine Ch. 4 Scientific and Technical Reports

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