Vancouver
This is the Vancouver style for referencing, used at the Univerity of Portsmouth within the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the Radiography departments.
This guide is modelled on Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd edition). You may wish to consult this source directly for additional information or examples.
Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias/Encyclopedias - Print book
Reference
Editor Initials, editor [if any]. Title of reference book. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition]. Vol. No.[if any] Place of publication: Publisher; Year. Title of entry; Pagination.
Example
Law J, Martin EA, editors. Oxford concise medical dictionary. 10th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2020. 874p
British Pharmacopoeia 2008 Volume I. London: Stationery Office; 2007. Allopurinol; p. 89-91.
Notes
When giving pagination shorten wherever possible - do not repeat page numbers unless they are suffixed by a letter: pages 125-127 should be given as 125-7 but 125A-127A would remain as 125A-127A
In text citation / reference list
Remember this will be a running number at the first use of a reference. If the reference is re-used then repeat the number allocated.
Keep your style constant, either parenthesis (number) throughout, or superscript number. Do not change between the two. If your department recommends a particular style then use that.
Jones states that "Empty gelatin capsules are designed to have a moisture content between 13 and 16%".(8 p304 )
or
Jones states that "Empty gelatin capsules are designed to have a moisture content between 13 and 16%".8 (p304)