Referencing
Vancouver style
Vancouver style : introduction
The Vancouver style is a numeric citation system. Generally, a reference in the body of your paper requires only a number. At the end of the essay there is a numbered list of the references used (a bibliography).
Here is a sample bibliography. Do you know which type of information each reference is (e.g. a book or journal article)? Hover your mouse over the bibliographic items to reveal the answers.
1. Cantillon P, Irish B, Sales D. Using Computers for Assessment in Medicine. BMJ. 2004 Sep 11 ;329(7466):606-9.
This is a journal article.
2. National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project [homepage on the Internet] Bethesda, MA. C2003-2004 [updated Sep 11 2003; cited 2004 Sep 15] Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
This is a web document
3. Ford MJ, Munro JF. Introduction to Clinical Examination. 7th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. 2000.
This is a book
4. Anderson JC. Current status of chorion villus biopsy. In: Tudenhope D, Chenoweth J, editors. Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Australian Perinatal Society; 1986 Sept. 3-6; Brisbane, Queensland: Australian Perinatal Society; 1987. p. 190-6.
This is a conference paper
