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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.

Lecture - reference list

Lecture notes are not included in the Vancouver style. The below examples have been provided by library staff.

No title: If there is no title on the lecture notes, include a description in square brackets.

Place of publication: For the place of publication - after the city, include the state code in brackets for USA/Canada or the country code for outside of the USA/Canada, e.g. St Louis (MI) or Auckland (NZ).

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

 

Format 

1. Author(s). Title of lecture notes [unpublished lecture notes]. Place/City held: Venue; Year Month Day.

Examples

1. Smith JB. Anatomy of the head and neck [unpublished lecture notes]. Auckland (NZ): University of Auckland; 2005 May 18.

No title on the lecture notes

2. Green C. [Notes of lectures on anatomy of the head and neck]. Auckland (NZ): University of Auckland; 2008 Jul 12.

Lecture - in-text citations

When using another person's ideas or words, include an Arabic numeral in brackets (consecutively numbered). If the reference is referred to again, the same number is used.

Examples

... has been recently identified (1). There is a need to be cautious with giving aspirin to children, as overdosing can lead to mortality (1).

If you are expressing ideas that have originated from more than one source, separate the numbers with commas or use a hyphen if referring to a range of numbers (references). 

... in alkyl sulphates such as sodium lauryl sulphate (3,5-6) and diethyl sulphate (7). Other compounds showing promise were those in the C12 - C14 range (3-4).