• The authors' names are given as they appear on the publication you have used, i.e., use full first name where provided or first name initials where initials only are provided.
• Capitalisation practice should be consistent.
• Article titles are given maximal capitalisation (title case) and are enclosed in quotation marks.
• Journal titles and sub-titles are given maximal capitalisation (title case).
• Journal titles are italicised when typed or underlined when handwritten.
• The issue number is preceded by no. and the month or season is included in round brackets; if no month or season is given then the no. is omitted and the issue number is given in round brackets.
• The issue number should be included, even if pagination is continuous across the whole volume.
• Include a DOI in your reference, if given.
• If a DOI is not available, the full text Database name the article is sourced from (e.g. Academic OneFile, ProQuest, ScienceDirect) is cited, rather than the Internet address.
• If no DOI is available for articles sourced from the Internet, the Internet address (URL) should be included in the reference.
• Access dates are only included for items without a date of publication or modification (see the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., sec. 15.50).
Standard format for citation
From a full text database:
DOI available:
|
Article Author, A. A., and B. B. Article Author. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume number, no. issue number (Month or Season): inclusive page or paragraph numbers. https://doi.org/10.XXX/XXXXX.XX. |
No DOI available:
|
Article Author, A. A., and B. B. Article Author. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume number, no. issue number (Month or Season): inclusive page or paragraph numbers. Database Name. |
From the Internet:
DOI available:
|
Article Author, A. A., and B. B. Article Author. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume number, no. issue number (Month or Season): inclusive page or paragraph numbers. https://doi.org/10.XXXX/XXXXX.XX. |
No DOI available:
|
Article Author, A. A., and B. B. Article Author. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume number, no. issue number (Month or Season): inclusive page or paragraph numbers. Internet address. |
Print journal:
|
Article Author, A. A., and B. B. Article Author. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume number, no. issue number (Month or Season): inclusive page numbers. |
Journal article from a full text database
Author full first name provided
Döring, Dorothea, Anita Roscher, Fabian Scheipl, Helmut Küchenhoff, and Michael H. Erhard. 2009. "Fear-related Behaviour of Dogs in Veterinary Practice." The Veterinary Journal 182, no. 1 (October): 38-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.05.006.
van Vuren, Petrus Jansen, and Janusz T. Paweska. 2010. "Comparison of Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay-based Techniques for the Detection of Antibody to Rift Valley Fever Virus in Thermochemically Inactivated Sheep Sera." Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10, no. 7 (September): 697-699. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2009.0213.
Author first names' initials only provided
Elwood, C., P. Devauchelle, J. Elliott, V. Freiche, A. J. German, M. Gualtieri, E. Hall, E. Den Hertog, R. Neiger, D. Peeters, X. Roura, and K. Savary-Bataille. 2010. "Emesis in Dogs: A Review." Journal of Small Animal Practice 51, no. 1 (January): 4-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00820.x.
McCoy, T. 2010. "Are Antihistamines Effective in Canine Atopy?" Veterinary Medicine 105, no. 10 (October): 464. ProQuest.
Oskouizadeh, K., T. Zahraei-Salehi, and S. J. Aledavood. 2010. "Detection of Bartonella henselae in Domestic Cats' Saliva." Iranian Journal of Microbiology 2, no. 2 (June): 80-84. CAB Abstracts Full Text Select.
Journal article from the Internet
Author full first name provided
Bos, Martine P., Robin van Houdt, Linda Poort, Anne-Xander van der Stel, Edgar J. Peters, Rachid Saouti, Paul Savelkoul, and Andries E. Budding. 2023. "Rapid Diagnostics of Joint Infections Using IS-Pro." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 61, no.6 (June): e0015423. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00154-23.
Author first names' initials only provided
Meng, X. J., B. Wiseman, F. Elvinger, D. K. Guenette, T. E. Toth, R. E. Engle, S. U. Emerson, and R. H. Purcell. 2002. "Prevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis E Virus in Veterinarians Working with Swine and in Normal Blood Donors in the United States and Other Countries." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40, no. 1 (January): 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.1.117-122.2002.
Journal article from the Internet (no month or season available)
Author first name initials only provided
Bisias, G., A. Burriel, S. Boutsini, S. Kritas, and L. Leontides. 2010. "A Serological Investigation Of Some Abortion Causes Among Small Ruminant Flocks In Greece." The Internet Journal of Veterinary Medicine 8 (2): 27+. http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_veterinary_medicine/volume_8_number_2_27/article/a-serological-investigation-of-some-abortion-causes-among-small-ruminant-flocks-in-greece.html.
Journal article from print journal
Author full first name provided
Allison, Gary W. 1999. "The Implications of Experimental Design for Biodiversity Manipulations." American Naturalist 153, no. 1 (January): 26-45.
Kerr, Stephen J., Andrea Mant, Fiona E. Horn, Kevin McGeechan, and Geoffrey P. Sayer. 2003. "Lessons From Early Large-scale Adoption of Celecoxib and Rofecoxib by Australian General Practitioners." Medical Journal of Australia 179, no. 8 (October): 403-407.
Author first name initial only provided
Hanna, K. 2007. "Adsorption of Aromatic Carboxylate Compounds on the Surface of Synthesized Iron Oxide-coated Sands." Applied Geochemistry 22, no. 9 (September): 2045-2053.
Zhang, B., J. Cohen, R. Ferrence and J. Rehm. 2006. "The Impact of Tobacco Tax Cuts on Smoking Initiation Among Canadian Young Adults." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30, no. 6 (June): 474-479.
Journal article from print journal: No author
"Who Will Regulate the Veterinary Profession of the Future?" 2004. Veterinary Record 154, no. 15 (April): 450-451.