Citing Journal Articles

Elements of the citation

Name/s of author/s of the article. Title of article. Title of journal (abbreviated) Year (and month/day if necessary/available) of publication, Volume number (and issue/part): Page numbers

Abbreviated journal names can be found via the Pubmed journal browser:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals

 


Example citations

Print

Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers A, Vander Hoorn S, Murray CJ. Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet 2002;360(9343):1347-60.

Electronic

Hays RB. Reforming medical education in the United Kingdom : lessons for Australia and New Zealand. Med J Aust [online] 2007 [cited Oct 1];187(7):400-3. Available from: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/187_07_011007/hay10676_fm.html .

Electronic from a database

Chan LC, Ware RS, Kesting J, Marczak M, Good D, Shaw JT. Association between anthropometric measures of obesity and insulin resistance in a self-selected group of Indigenous Australians. Heart, lung & circulation [online] 2007 [cited 2007 Oct 22]; 16(4):303-4. Available from: Meditext via Informit

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*This guide is based on the Gatton Harvard format.