The Vancouver referencing style guidance below has been cited from: Pears, R. & Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide, 10th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Please note your school may have specific referencing requirements; to ensure you are using the preferred referencing style please check with your school office.
Click on the headers below to find information about how to cite a particular source in this style.
Vancouver style uses numeric citations in-text, using numbers in brackets (1) or superscript numbers linked to full citations in footnotes.
Follow these conventions when using Vancouver referencing style:
When you want to quote a chapter or section of text within a book written by someone other than the author or editor listed on the cover page of the book, use the format below:
Author of the section / chapter - Surname, Initials. ‘chapter title’ in followed by the book's author / editor surname, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher; year of publication. X p.
Example:
Smith, C. 'Feminism in Jane Eyre', in Brennan, Z. Brontë's Jane Eyre a reader's guide. London: Continuum International Pub. Group; 2006. 12-16 pp.
Citation order and format
Author Surname, Initials. Title of Internet site. [Internet]. Year that the cite was published / last updated. [cited year month day]; [number of screens or pages] Available from: URL
Example:
Cancer-Pain.org [Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.; c2000-01 [updated 2002 May 16]; [cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.cancer-pain.org/
Citation order and format
Author Surname, Initials. Article title. Title of Journal. Date of publication: year month day; volume (issue) X p.
Example:
Meydani SN, Leka LS, Fine BC, Dallal GE, Keusch GT, Singh MF, et al. Vitamin e and respiratory tract infections in elderly nursing home residents: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 Aug 18; 292(7): 828-36.
Citation order and format
Author Surname, Initial. Title of document. Place of publication: publisher; year of publication. X p.
Example:
NHS Executive. Clinical governance: quality in the new NHS. London: Department of Health; 1999. 23 p.
Citation order and format
Author Surname, Initials. Article title. Newspaper title. (Edition) if applicable. Date of publication year month day. Section. page and column.
Example:
Charter D. Patients die after wrong transplant. The Times. 2001 Sep 13. 12 (col. 2).
*for column number