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Vancouver

Vancouver is a numbered referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a reference list at the end of your document.

Images, figures or tables - reference list

Source of image: If the image/figure/table is from another source:

Reference the source of the image (e.g. if it’s from a book, journal article, website, etc.) in the standard way. Followed by the original figure/table number, original title; page numbers - if available.

For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.

Individual image, e.g. photograph, painting

Format 

1. Author(s). Title of image [type of image]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication.

Examples

Author

1. White MM. Nurse, Bessie McKay, Auckland private hospital [photograph]. Auckland (NZ): Auckland War Memorial Museum; 1890.

No Author

2. Observation of bacterial growths in medium to study their effects on teeth [photograph]. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Dental Research (US); [date unknown].

Format 

1. Author(s). Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year. Figure number, figure caption; p. number

Example

1. Ritter J, Flower R, Henderson G, Rang H. Rang & Dale's pharmacology. 8th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2015. Figure 24.6, Action of heparins; p. 298.

Format

1. Author(s). Title [Internet]. Edition. Place of publication [cited date]: Publisher; Year. Figure number, figure caption; p. number. Available from: URL

Example

1. Ryding A. Essential echocardiography [Internet]. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2013 [cited 2017 Nov 30]. Figure 2.2, Standard echocardiographic windows. Available from: https://www-clinicalkey-com-au.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/#!/content/book/3-s2.0-B9780702045523000023

Format

1. Author(s). Title of article. Abbreviated title of journal. Year of publication;volume(issue):page numbers. Table number, Table caption; p. number

Example

1. Todd NP, Paillard AC, Kluk K, Whittle E, Colebatch JG. Vestibular receptors contribute to cortical auditory evoked potentials. Hear Res. 2014;309:63-74. Table 1, Summary of source analysis models for the 4th lobe of the GFP (32e52 ms); p. 71.

Format 

1. Author(s). Title of article. Abbreviated title of journal [Internet]. Year of publication [cited date];volume(issue):page numbers. Table number, table caption; p. number. Available from: URL

Example

1. Higginbotham E, Taub PR. Cardiovascular benefits of dark chocolate? Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med [Internet]. 2015 [cited 2017 Nov 30];17(12):1-12. Table 1, Summary of epidemiological studies; p. 3. Available from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11936-015-0419-5