Feedback on Referencing - Exercises using the Vancouver style of referencing

1. BIO1000H 2014
Referencing Feedback:
Questions to ask and steps to
follow
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UCT Libraries
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2. What Referencing STYLE do I have to use?
VANCOUVER Referencing Style
What are the Reference List
RULES OF VANCOUVER
Referencing Style?
What are the In Text RULES OF
VANCOUVER Referencing
Style?
What are the RULES of this style?
Is the item a book? Written by a single author? Is
it an edited book with multiple authors?
Is it an online journal? Is it a web page? Is it an
online dictionary?
Each of these items is referenced
in a different way, therefore See
the Vancouver referencing style
rules before you proceed with
your reference list.

3. WHERE DO I FIND
REFERENCING HELP?

4. WHERE CAN IF FIND EXAMPLES OF THE VANCOUVER
REFERENCING STYLE?
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

5. http://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/vancouver WHERE CAN IF FIND EXAMPLES OF THE VANCOUVER
REFERENCING STYLE?

9. Book
Author AA. Title of book. # edition [if not first]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination
Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of book. # edition. Place of
Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. p. [page numbers of chapter].
Chapter in an edited Book
Electronic Journal article
Author AA, Author BB. Title of article. Abbreviated title of Journal [Internet]. Date of publication YYYY MM
[cited YYYY Mon DD];volume number(issue number):page numbers. Available from: URL
Title of encyclopedia [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; year. Title of article; [updated
YYYY Mon DD; cited YYYY Mon DD]; [# of pages/screens]. Available from: URL
Electronic Encyclopaedia article
Your reference List – examples of different types of references
Author/organization's name. Title of the page [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Date or year of
publication [updated yr month day; cited yr month day]. Available from: URL
Web site

10. Some common errors made in your Reference lists
&
How to fix them
BOOK
Error
(1) Richard Weikart. In: Overturning Traditional Sexual Morality. Palgrave
Macmillan. From Darwin to Hitler : Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in
Germany. 1958. New York. 2004. P312
Correction
1. Weikart R. From Darwin to Hitler: evolutionary ethics, eugenics and
racism in Germany. New York: Palgrave Macmillan; 2004. 312 p

12. Article in electronic journal
Error:
: Danielle Simmons, Nature Education, Genetic Inequality:Human genetic engineering,
2008, 1(1):173. Available from http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetic-
inequality-human-genetic-engineering-768
Correction:
2. Simmons D. Genetic inequality: human genetic engineering. Scitable Nature
Education [Internet]. 2008 [cited 2014 May 18];1(1):173. Available from:
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetic-inequality-human-genetic-
engineering-768
Some common errors made in your Reference lists
&
How to fix them

13. (1): "eugenics." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 18 May. 2014.
Available from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/195069/eugenics
Correction:
1.Encyclopedia Britannica Online [Internet]. Academic ed. Chicago:
Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.; 2014. Eugenics; [cited 2014 May 18];
[about 3 screens]. Available from:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/195069/eugenics
Some common errors made in your Reference list
&
How to fix them

14. Web Site
Error:
(1): Laura Rivard et al. (494 students). Know Genetics. Ethical Issues in
Genetics. University of San Diego Biology. 2013 Available from
http://knowgenetics.org/history-of-eugenics/
Correction:
1. Know Genetics. Genetics Generation. Introduction to Eugenics [Internet].
2013 [cited 2014 May 18]. Available from: http://knowgenetics.org/history-
of-eugenics/
Some common errors made in your Reference list
&
How to fix them

15. Student Exercise: Book – Vancouver style
Author AA, Author BB, Author CC. Title of book. # edition [if not first].
Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination
Place of publication: Chichester.
Publisher: Wiley. Year of publication: 2007. Number of pages in book: 251
Answer:
Goodwin W, Linacre A, Madi S. An introduction to forensic
genetics. Chichester: Wiley; 2007. 251 p.

16. Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of book. #
edition. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. p. [page numbers of chapter].
Student Exercise: Chapter in Book
Author of Chapter: Peter F. Stanbury
Place of publication: Cambridge
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Date of publication: 2000
Page numbers of chapter 1: 1-24
Answer:
Stanbury PF. Fermentation technology. In: Walker JM, Rapley R, editors. Molecular biology and biotechnology. 4th edition.
Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry; 2000. p. 1-24.

17. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2955242/pdf/414_2009_Article_352.pdf
Author AA, Author BB. Title of article. Abbreviated title of Journal [Internet]. Date of publication YYYY MM [cited
YYYY Mon DD];volume number(issue number):page numbers. Available from: URL
Answer:
Tims S, Van Wamel W, Endtz HP, Van Belkum, Kayser M. Int J Legal Med [Internet]. 2010. [cited 2014 July 22];124:477-481.
Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2955242/pdf/414_2009_Article_352.pdf
Student Exercise:

18. Title of encyclopedia [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; year. Title of
article; [updated YYYY Mon DD; cited YYYY Mon DD]; [# of pages/screens].
Available from: URL
http://www.accessscience.com/content/forensic-mitochondrial-dna-
analysis/YB030170
Answer:
AccessScience [Internet]. McGraw Hill Education; 2003. Forensic mitochondrial DNA analysis; [cited 2014 July
17]; [3 screens]. Available from: http://www.accessscience.com/content/forensic-mitochondrial-dna-
analysis/YB030170
Student Exercise:

19. Author/organization's name. Title of the page [Internet]. Place of
publication: Publisher's name; Date or year of publication [updated yr
month day; cited yr month day]. Available from: URL
http://Darwin-online.org.uk
Student Exercise:
Answer:
Van Wyhe J. Darwin online [Internet]. 2002 [2014 July 22].
Available from: http://Darwin-online.org.uk