How to Cite a Reference Entry

An entry in a database, directory or catalogue, such as the World Heritage List.

For an article in an encyclopedia or on Wikipedia, use Encyclopedia Entry, and for a word in a dictionary, use Dictionary Entry.

What You'll Need

Entry Title
Short title
Author(s)
Reference Work
Editor(s)
Date Published
Publisher
Pages
URL
Date Accessed

Use the record’s heading as the Entry Title and the database, directory or catalogue as the Reference Work. If the record has no date of its own, leave Date Published empty and fill in Date Accessed.

Example Citations

APA 7th edition
UNESCO World Heritage Centre. (n.d.). Great Barrier Reef. In World Heritage List. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/
In-text (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, n.d.)
MLA 9th edition
“Great Barrier Reef.” World Heritage List, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.
In-text (“Great Barrier Reef”)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)
UNESCO World Heritage Centre. “Great Barrier Reef.” In World Heritage List. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/.
Footnote UNESCO World Heritage Centre, “Great Barrier Reef,” in World Heritage List (UNESCO World Heritage Centre), accessed October 22, 2026, https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/.
Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)
UNESCO World Heritage Centre (no date) ‘Great Barrier Reef’, World Heritage List. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Available at: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/ (Accessed: 22 October 2026).
In-text (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, no date)
IEEE
[1]
UNESCO World Heritage Centre, “Great Barrier Reef,” World Heritage List. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Accessed: Oct. 22, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/
In-text [1]

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

Vancouver
1.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Great Barrier Reef [Internet]. World Heritage List. UNESCO World Heritage Centre; [cited 2026 Oct 22]. Available from: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/
In-text (1)

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

Fix by hand: Citing Medicine begins with the database itself, as World Heritage List [Internet], and gives the entry, Great Barrier Reef, after it. Reorder it by hand.

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