In our citation examples we use the following color coding:
- Red – Author
- Blue – Title of book/article/charter/webpage
- Pink – Date
- Orange – Website/Publisher
- Green – Title of journal
- Black – Volume/Issue
- Sienna – Pages
- Gray – URL/database/website where the source is retrieved
- Peach – Additional information about the source (i.e. its type, specific features etc.)
Journal article on the Net (with doi)
Example:
List entry: Shankaran S. 2012. Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy. Curr Treat Options Neurol. [Internet] [cited 2017 January 26]; 14(6):608-19. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23007949 doi: 10.1007/s11940-012-0200-y. In-text: (Shankaran 2012)
Journal article on the Net (without doi)
Example:
List entry: Joolay Y, Harrison MC, Horn AR. 2012. Therapeutic hypothermia and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: opinion and practice of pediatricians in South Africa. J Perinat Med [Internet] [cited 2017 January 26]; 40: 447–453. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedcmd=Search&doptcmdl=Citation&defaultField=Title%20Word&term=Joolay%5Bauthor%5D%20AND%20Therapeutic%20hypothermia%20and%20hypoxic%20ischemic%20encephalopathy%3A%20opinion%20and%20practice%20of%20pediatricians%20in%20South%20Africa In-text: (Joolay et al. 2012)
Newspaper article (online version)
Example:
List entry: Blinder A. 2008 June 15. Two bubbles, two paths. The New York Times. [Internet] [cited 2017 Jan 27]. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/business/15view.html?scp=62&sq=%22Alan%20S.%20Blinder%22&st=cse In-text: (Blinder 2008)
Magazine article (online version)
Add volume/issue number if available.
Example:
List entry: Venema V. 25 January 2017. My idol turned out to be my sister. BBC News. [Internet] [cited 2017 Jan 26]. Available from: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38697627 In-text: (Venema 2017)
Online article with no author
Example:
List entry: What is hypothermia? [Internet]. 2005-2017. WebMD; [cited 2017 Jan 27]. Available from: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-hypothermia#1 In-text: (What is hypothermia…2017)
Article in a library database
Example:
List entry: Tennyson AJD. 2010. The origin and history of New Zealand’s terrestrial vertebrates. New Zealand J of Ecol [Internet] [cited 2017 Jan 27]; 34(1): 6-28. Available from: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=10&did=1975162931&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1275006122&clientId=7985 In-text: (Tennyson 2010)