Vancouver (brackets) Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Vancouver (brackets) citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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 Vancouver (brackets).

How to do citations in Vancouver (brackets) style?

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How do you cite a book in the Vancouver (brackets) referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Vancouver (brackets) using placeholders:

Last Name FN. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor. City: Publisher; 2000.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Vancouver (brackets) citation:

Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.

And an in-text citation book citation in Vancouver (brackets) looks like this: [1]

How to reference a journal article in the Vancouver (brackets) citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Vancouver (brackets) format?

Here’s a Vancouver (brackets) journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet]. 2000Jan.1 [cited 2021Nov.30];Volume(Issue):pages Used. Available from: URL

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 Vancouver (brackets):

Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet]. 2007Jan.1 [cited 2021Nov.30];18(1):161-72. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a website in a paper in Vancouver (brackets) style?

Here’s an Vancouver (brackets) example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. Publisher; 2000 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: https://www.example.com

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 [Internet]. The Guardian; 2008 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Vancouver (brackets)

Here’s a Vancouver (brackets) citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube. 2000 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video Vancouver (brackets)?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube. 2015 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using Vancouver (brackets) 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 Vancouver (brackets).

Lastname F. Title [Internet]. Publisher; 2000 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: http://www.example.com

Podcast referencing example in Vancouver (brackets) using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. WBEZ Radio; 2018 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a piece of music or a song using Vancouver (brackets) referencing style?

An example song citation in Vancouver (brackets).

Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. Album. 2000 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. Abbey Road. 1969 [cited 2021Nov.30]. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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