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BMJ Referencing: An Overview
Vancouver Referencing is by the BMJ. In-text referencing is structured by using superscript sequential numerical indicators which are then identified in a numerical reference list at the end of the document, as with usual footnote referencing.
To cite a book in BMJ, use the following format:
- Author - surname and name/initials followed by a full stop
- Title followed by a full stop
- Place of publication followed by a colon
- Publisher followed by a semi-colon
- Year of publication followed by a full stop.
Hence, a book referenced in BMJ is cited thusly:
Brown, D. Medical Reference. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006.
To cite a journal article using BMJ, use the following format:
- Author - surname and name/initials followed by a full stop
- Title of journal article followed by a full stop
- Title of journal
- Publication date in full followed by a semi-colon
- Volume with issue number in brackets followed by a semi-colon
- Page numbers followed by a full stop
Thus, the citation of a journal article in the BMJ Referencing System would read like this:
Brown, J. Referencing Medicine. Referencing Styles. 2 (3); pp. 33-49.
To cite an electronic source in BMJ, use this format:
- Author - surname and name/initials followed by a full stop
- Title of article
- Date in square brackets followed by a semi-colon
- Volume number and issue number (no space, latter in round brackets) followed by a colon
- Page numbers in square brackets followed by a full stop
- 'Available from' followed by a colon and the URL underlined.
Hence, an electronic source in the BMJ Referencing Style would be cited thus:
Taylor, John. BMJ Referencing [9 August 2007]; 2(4): [pp. 33-45]. Available from: <http://www.referencingonline>
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