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.
Multi Volume works - Ebook
Reference
Authors/editors [if any]. Book title [Internet]. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition]. Volume number, Volume title [if any]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [note of any update/revision date; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Title of entry [if any]; Pagination. Available from:
Example
Pazhayattil AB, Sayeed-Desta N, Fredro-Kumbaradzi E, Collins J. Solid oral dose process validation [Internet]. Volume 1, The basics. Toronto, Canada: Springer; 2018 [cited 2021 Jul 02]. Available from: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-02472-7
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 solid oral dose process (1 p93) is used when ...
or
The solid oral dose process 1 (p93) is used when ...