Reference machine: Internet pages, Vancouver Style

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On this page: How to do a bibliographic reference for an Internet page: Example | Program
Related pages: Referencing,  Reference Machines for an article in a journal, a book, a chapter in an edited book, or a newspaper or magazine article.

Example: Move your mouse over the words to see an explanation:

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. [2003] Reference machine: Internet pages. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The English Language Centre. [homepage on the Internet] [cited Available from: http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/referenceMachineNet.aspx

Bibliography entry for an Internet Page
(Using the Vancouver style) Warning: the style for citing Internet sources changes as the Internet becomes more widely used.

Fill in the boxes, and then press the 'Create Reference' button:

1. Main author's family name:
(Help)		 ->

If there is no author, put in the name of the company; e.g. Microsoft , or the institution; e.g. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, then click this button:  

 e.g. Wong
2. Main author's initials: (Help) e.g. W.M.
 

If there is a second author, fill in points 3. and 4. If there is only one author, go on to number 7.
3. Second author's family name: (Help) e.g. Chan
4. Second author's initials: (Help) e.g. W.M.
 

If there is a third author, fill in points 5. and 6. If there are only two authors, go on to number 7.
5. Third author's family name: (Help) e.g. Fu
6. Third author's initials: (Help) e.g. W.M.
..
7. Date of publication:
.		 e.g.
8.a Title of the Internet page. Look at the blue bar at the top of the screen. Do not include '- Netscape' or '- Microsoft Internet Explorer'. Use a capital letter for the first letter of the first word. If there is a sub-title, use a capital letter for the first letter of the first word; e.g. Reference machine: Internet pages


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8b.

If you are referencing an online journal, fill in the name of the journal here: e.g. Working Papers in Applied Linguistics

The Volume Number here; e.g. 2

The Issue number here; e.g. 3     
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9a.

Internet Address (URL):

Internet Address (URL):
e.g. http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/referenceMachineNet.aspx
9b.

Type of information: 

10. What month did you download the page?
11. What date did you download the page?
12. What year did you download the page? e.g.
13. If this page is on a university or government site, write the name of the university or government here:
e.g. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
14. If this page is on a university or government site, write the name of the department here:
e.g. The English Language Centre

Click here for an Vancouver style reference:

Click this button to empty all the boxes and start again:

 

Author's Family Name Help:

If you can't find an author's name, for example in a newspaper or magazine, use the title of the newspaper or magazine.

Do not use 'et al.' in bibliographies: quote the names of all the authors and/or editors.

If you don't know which name is the family name and which are the other names:

  1. Look at the pages in the front of the book for the Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. If you see the author's name with a comma after the first word, then that first word is the author's family name.
  2. Use the library catalogue to search for the title of the book, then look for the author's name.
  3. Search for the book at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble, find the book by its title, then look for the author's family name.
  4. Check the list of other names.
  5. If you can't find the information in the sources above, use all of the name.

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Author's Initials Help

The author's initials are the first letters of each of the author's family names. For example, if the author is Wong Wai Man, then the initials are WM

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Last updated on: Friday, August 19, 2016