Format of References

 

Make sure to use the Harvard system of referencing as described in detail below. Click on the link at the bottom to see examples.

Arrange the list of authors quoted at the end of the text in alphabetical order (not a numbered list) set out as follows:

 A) Name(s) and initials of author(s), year of publication (in parentheses), title of the article, name of the journal, volume number, first and last page numbers. Abbreviate journal names according to the Index Medicus system. (Also see International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. N Engl J Med 1997;336: 309-315.)

 B) In the case of books the order is: name(s) and initials of author(s), year of publication (in parentheses), chapter title, full book title, edition, names of the editors, place and name of publisher, and page numbers.

C) References to 'personal communications' and 'unpublished work' may be quoted in the text with all names and initials to avoid confusion but should not be included in the references.

Where referring to references in the text, use the name of the author followed by the date of publication; where there are two authors use the form: Sorensen and Read (2002) or (Sorenson and Read 2002); where there are more than two authors use the form: Turton et al. (2002) or (Turton et al. 2002).

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