References

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Introduction

A bibliographical reference should contain sufficient information for someone else or yourself to trace the item in a library.  It is very important to be consistent and accurate when citing references.  The same set of rules should be followed every time you cite a reference. 


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Things to consider when writing a protocol's references

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Illustrative examples - Harvard style

A sample Harvard style reference list.  The sources that you refer to in your text should be cited by name of the author (or authors) and the year of publication.  The reference list is arranged alphabetically by author then by date.  For anonymous reports and standards, alphabetize by the issuing institution.  Note: some style guides do not require the brackets around the date.

Meyer, M.D. (1992), Public transportation in the 21st century, in: Gray, G.E. and Hoel, L.A. (eds), Public transportation, 2nd ed, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, pp. 636-653

Rau, J.G. and Wooten, D.C. (1980), Environmental impact analysis handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York

Richardson, A. J. (1990), "Traffic planning and modelling: a twenty year perspective", Australian Road Research, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 9-21

Young, W. (1990a), "The interaction between data and a parking model hierachy", Proc. 15th Aust. Road Research Board Conference, pp. 83-100.

Young, W., and Taylor, M. A. P. (1990b), "Continuing education in transport", Proc. 2nd. AAEE Conference on Engineering Education, Melbourne, Aust., pp. 569-579.

Note that because there are two articles by Young from the same year that a letter is added to the date. They are ordered based on the name of the second author, and by date published if this is not applicable.


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Illustrative examples - Vancouver style

A sample Vancouver style reference list. The sources that you refer to in your text should be numbered and then listed in number order.

(1) Richardson AJ. Traffic planning and modelling: a twenty year perspective. Aust Road Res 1990; 20(1):9-21.

(2) Young W. The interaction between data and a parking model hierachy. In: Proc. 15th Aust. Road Research Board Conference; 1990. p. 83-100.

(3) Young W, Taylor MAP. Continuing education in transport. In: Proc. 2nd. AAEE Conference on Engineering Education, Melbourne, Australia; 1990. p. 569-579.

(4) Rau JG, Wooten DC. Environmental impact analysis handbook New York: McGraw-Hill; 1980. p. 37.

(5) Meyer MD. Public transportation in the 21st century. In: Gray GE, Hoel LA, editors. Public transportation. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall; 1992.p. 636-653.


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Additional resources

Web resource icon Bibliographical references Harvard style

This website provides information on bibliographic formatting using the Harvard method.


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Web resource icon References/Bibliography Vancouver Style.  Quick guide - How to Use it

This website provides information on bibliographic formatting using the Vancouver method.


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Web resource icon Biological journals and abbreviations

These pages contain the abbreviations, full titles, and links to some WWW pages for a large variety of biological and medical journals. 


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Web resource icon Commercial software tools for publishing and managing bibliographies

There are software tools available for publishing and managing bibliographies.  These can be found by searching the Internet.

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Further reading


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This page was last updated 20th May 2003.