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.
Ebook with a single editor.
Reference
Author AA, editor. Title of book [Internet]. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition].Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [note of any update/revision date; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from: URL/doi: (if available)
Preston CL, editor. Stockley's Drug Interactions [Internet]. 12th ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press; 2019 [modified 2021 May 19; cited 2021 Jun 30]. Available from: https://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/stockley/current/
Adameova A, editor. General pharmacology for pharmacists: principles and applications [Internet]. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2013 [cited 2021 Jun 16]. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/portsmouth-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3022269
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.
The principles of general pharmacology look at (4 p187) ...
or
The principles of general pharmacology look at 4 (p187) ...
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Ebook with multiple editors.
Reference
Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, editors. Title of book [Internet]. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition].Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [note of any update/revision date; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from: URL/doi: (if available)
Aulton ME, Taylor K, editors. Aulton's Pharmaceutics: the design and manufacture of medicines [Internet]. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier; 2018 [cited 2021 Jun 16]. Available from: https://elsevierelibrary.co.uk/pdfreader/aultons-pharmaceutics-ebook
Qureshi Z, Rodrigues M, editors. The Unofficial Guide to Radiology : Chest, Abdominal, Orthopaedic X Rays, plus CTs, MRIs and Other Important Modalities [Internet]. Edinburgh: Qureshi Enterprises; 2014 [cited 2021 Jun 28]. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/portsmouth-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5060843
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.
When manufacturing medicines (4 p301) ...
or
When manufacturing medicines 4 (p301)