How to Cite a Reference Entry in Vancouver
An entry in a database, directory or catalogue, such as the World Heritage List.
New Project
Create a new project to organize your citations
Example in Vancouver
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.
What Vancouver includes
These are the details of the example above that the style prints, so they are the ones to collect for your own source.
- Entry Title
- Author(s)
- Reference Work
- Publisher
- 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.
The formatting comes from the style's own file, so check the finer points against your guide. What to check by hand in Vancouver.
