Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) Referencing Guide

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The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date).

How to do citations in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) style?

cite Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) using placeholders:

Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.

So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) citation:

Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc; 1997.

And an in-text citation book citation in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) looks like this: (Rowling, 1997)

How to reference a journal article in the Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) format?

Here’s a Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000;Volume:pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.

So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date):

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? 2007;18:161-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)

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How to cite a website in a paper in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) style?

Here’s an Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title 2000. https://www.example.com (accessed August 2, 2021).

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed August 2, 2021).

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date)

Here’s a Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title. YouTube 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed August 2, 2021).

So how to cite a video Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date)?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed August 2, 2021).

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) referencing style

It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date).

Lastname F. Title 2000.

Podcast referencing example in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life. 640: Five Women 2018.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

How to cite a piece of music or a song using Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date) referencing style?

An example song citation in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date).

Lastname F. Song Title. 2000.

Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Elsevier - Vancouver (author-date):

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)

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