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Vancouver Style: Internet Documents

A guide to Vancouver referencing style for CPUT students and staff

Information

Cite documents published on the internet according to the specific guidelines for the type of document. More specific information is available for E-books and E-journals.

•  Government reports and company annual reports are examples of documents that may be published on the internet.

Please note: If no author or editor is given and the document is not a part, article or chapter, then citation is by title.

Format

Standard format for citation

#. Author A, Author B. Document title. Webpage name [format]. Source/production information; Date of internet publication [cited year month day]. Available from: URL.

Examples

Electronic document 
1. Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare. Chronic diseases and associated risk factors [document on the Internet]. Canberra: The Institute; 2004 [updated 2005 June 23; cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from: http://www.aihw.gov.au/cdarf/index.cfm.

Electronic document: no author
2. How to cite references [document on the Internet]. Murdoch (WA): Murdoch University Library; 1996 [cited 2010 Sept 2]. Available from: http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/find/citation/.

Government publication: Australian Bureau of Statistics document
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics.  Mental health and wellbeing: profile of adults, Western Australia (cat. no. 4326.5) [document on the Internet]. Canberra: ABS; 1997 [cited 2010 Sept 2]. Available from AusStats: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats.  

Government publication: Government department
4. Australia. Department of Health and Aged Care.  National youth suicide prevention strategy [document on the Internet]. Canberra: The Department; 2000 [cited 2005 Jul 1]. Available from: http://www.health.gov.au/hsdd/mentalhe/sp/nysps/about.htm.

Personal Internet site
5. Stanley F. Information page: Professor Fiona Stanley. Telethon Institute for Child Health Research [homepage on the Internet]. Perth: The Institute; 2005 [cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from: http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/about/schools/.

General Internet site
6. Lavelle P. Mental state of the nation. Health matters [document on the Internet]. ABC online; 2005 May 19 [cited 2005 Jul 1]. Available from: http://abc.net.au/health/features/mentalstate/.

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