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Webpage

Reference list

Webpage

Author AA/Org name. Title of page [Internet]. Location: Publisher; year of publication [updated YYYY Mon DD; cited YYYY Mon DD].  Available from: http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

15. Australia New Zealand Association of Social Workers. Code of ethics [Internet]. Wollongong (Australia): ANZASW; 2015 [updated 2016 Jan 8; cited 2016 Mar 3]. Available from: http://www.example.com

Webpage no author

Title of the homepage [Internet]. Location: Publisher; year of publication [updated YYYY Mon DD; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Title of specific page/part; Date of publication of part [Date cited of part]; [location or pagination of part]. Available from: http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

16. Australian Medical Association [Internet]. Barton ACT: AMA; c2016. Junior doctors and medical students call for urgent solution to medical training crisis; 2012 Oct 22 [cited 2012 Nov 5]; [about 3 screens]. Available from: https://ama.com.au/media/junior-doctors​-and-medical-students-call-urgent-solution-medical-training-crisis

In-text

Australian Medical Association (16).................

There ...................................... (15).

Notes

  • Vancouver is a numbered system. All sources appearing in the reference list are listed in the order that they are first cited in the text (not alphabetically)
  • The reference list is a numbered list and should be single spaced with one line space between each entry
  • Only the author's initials are included regardless of the presentation of the author's name in the source document. Use no more than two initials
  • The citations here use round brackets, but square brackets, [1], or superscript¹ may also be used
  • The citation numbers are static. The same number should be used for the same source each time it is cited
  • Capitalise the first letter of the first word of the title only. The first word of the subtitle is not capitalised
  • For multiple authors, check the author layout table for in-text and Reference List format

YouTube video

Reference list

Producer. Title [format]. Upload date [cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

17. University of California Television (UCTV). Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer [video file]. 2012, July 26 [cited 2018 Sep 16]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6mHxyLguhQ

In-text

University of California Television (17) .............................

Unlike ....................................(17)

Notes

  • Vancouver is a numbered system. All sources appearing in the reference list are listed in the order that they are first cited in the text (not alphabetically)
  • The reference list is a numbered list and should be single spaced with one line space between each entry
  • Only the author's initials are included regardless of the presentation of the author's name in the source document. Use no more than two initials
  • The citations here use round brackets, but square brackets, [1], or superscript¹ may also be used
  • The citation numbers are static. The same number should be used for the same source each time it is cited
  • Capitalise the first letter of the first word of the title only. The first word of the subtitle is not capitalised
  • For multiple authors, check the author layout table for in-text and Reference List format

Theses

Reference list

Author AA. Title of thesis [dissertation]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year. Number of pages Available from: http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

14. Filopoulos D. The impact of hypoxia on growth hormone levels in response to a maximal strength training session [dissertation]. Australian Catholic University; 2015. 126 pages. Available from https://doi.org/10.4226/66/

In-text

Filopoulos (14) ......................

Impact ..................................... (14)

Notes

  • Vancouver is a numbered system. All sources appearing in the reference list are listed in the order that they are first cited in the text (not alphabetically)
  • The reference list is a numbered list and should be single spaced with one line space between each entry
  • Only the author's initials are included regardless of the presentation of the author's name in the source document. Use no more than two initials
  • The citations here use square brackets, but round brackets, (), or superscript may also be used
  • The citation numbers are static. The same number should be used for the same source each time it is cited
  • Capitalise the first letter of the first word of the title only. The first word of the subtitle is not capitalised
  • For multiple authors, check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format