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Physiopedia uses the Vancouver style of referencing as this is the style used in most leading medical journals. See our detailed guidelines on how to implement [[Vancouver Referencing|Vancouver referencing]].  
Physiopedia uses the Vancouver style of referencing as this is the style used in most leading medical journals. When, in your work, you have used an idea from a book, journal article, etc. you must acknowledge this in your text. This is referred to as ‘citing’.&nbsp; Each piece of work which is cited in your text should have a unique number, assigned in the order of citation. If, in your text, you cite a piece of work more than once, the same citation number should be used.<br>To cite a piece of work in Physiopedia follow these instructions:<br>


The basic concept of the &lt;ref&gt; tag is that it inserts the text enclosed by the ref tags as a footnote in a designated section, which you indicate with the placeholder tag &lt;references /&gt;. <br>
#At the point where you wish to cite a piece of work, '''click on the &lt;R&gt;''' in the toolbar of the editing box.
#A new editing box will pop-up on your screen.
#In this box you should '''write the reference in the 'reference text' box'''.&nbsp; Please use the [[Vancouver Referencing|Vancouver style]] of referencing.
#Then '''add a reference name'''.&nbsp; This could be 'Smith and Jones' or 'Smith et al' for example.
#Then '''click OK.'''&nbsp;  
#Once you '''save the page that you are editing''' the reference for your cited piece of work will automatically appear at the bottom of the page.


This page itself uses footnotes, such as the one at the end of this sentence.<ref>This footnote is used as an example in the "How to use" section.</ref> If you [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} view the source] of this page by clicking "Edit this page", you can see a working example of footnotes.
If you wish to cite peice of work more than once on the same page:


=== Example  ===
#Complete the steps above for the first citation of that piece of work.&nbsp; When you come to cite the same piece of work again click on the &lt;R&gt; function in the toolbar again for the pop-up editing box to appear, but this time you need '''only fill in the reference name.&nbsp; '''This should be the same name that you gave to the reference the first time you cited it.
<blockquote><tt>According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<font color="red">'''&lt;ref&gt;'''E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.'''&lt;/ref&gt;'''<br></font> The Moon, however, is not so big.<font color="red">'''&lt;ref&gt;'''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.'''&lt;/ref&gt;'''<br></font> <br> ==Notes== <br> <font color="red">'''&lt;references/&gt;'''</font </tt> </blockquote>  
#If you do not know the name that has been given to the reference, for example if someone else added it, you can find it in the wikitext.&nbsp; '''Click on the wikitext link''' in the toolbar of the editing box.&nbsp; Look in the wikitext for the reference that you wish to cite for a second (or multiple) time.&nbsp; It should start with '''<nowiki><ref name="reference name"></nowiki>''' where reference name is the name that you are looking for.
=== Multiple uses of the same footnote  ===
#If it does not have a reference name i.e. it just starts with <nowiki><ref></nowiki> and ends with <nowiki></ref></nowiki> you can add a reference name yourself by adding '''name="reference name"''' inside the first <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tag.


To give a footnote a unique identifier, use '''&lt;ref name="name"&gt;'''. You can then refer to the same footnote again by using a ref tag with the same name. The text inside the second tag doesn't matter, because the text already exists in the first reference. You can either copy the whole footnote, or you can use a terminated empty ref tag that looks like this: '''&lt;ref name="name" /&gt;'''.  
See our detailed guidelines on how to implement [[Vancouver Referencing|Vancouver referencing]].  


In the following example, the same source is cited three times.
<br>
<blockquote><tt>This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.<font color="red">'''&lt;ref name="multiple"&gt;'''Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used.'''&lt;/ref&gt;'''</font> <br> <br> Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from the same source.<font color="red">'''&lt;ref name="multiple"&gt;'''This text is superfluous, and won't show up anywhere. We may as well just use an empty tag.'''&lt;/ref&gt;'''</font> <br> <br> A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.<font color="red">'''&lt;ref name="multiple" /&gt;'''</font> <br> <br> ==Notes== <br> <font color="red">'''&lt;references/&gt;'''</font> </tt> </blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>&lt;font color="red"&lt;/font&gt;</tt> <tt></tt></blockquote>
The text above gives the following result in the article (see also section below):
<blockquote>This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.<ref name="multiple">Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used.</ref> <br> <br> Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, when different statements come from the same source.<ref name="multiple">This text is superfluous, and won't show up anywhere. We may as well just use an empty tag.</ref> <br> <br> A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.<ref name="multiple" /> </blockquote>
=== &lt;references /&gt;  ===
 
Placing <code>&lt;references /&gt;</code> inserts the full text of all pending inline citations defined by <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code>, anywhere on the page. For example, based on the citations above, the code:
 
:<code>&lt;references /&gt;</code>
 
will yield:
 
<references />

Revision as of 17:28, 2 June 2009

Physiopedia uses the Vancouver style of referencing as this is the style used in most leading medical journals. When, in your work, you have used an idea from a book, journal article, etc. you must acknowledge this in your text. This is referred to as ‘citing’.  Each piece of work which is cited in your text should have a unique number, assigned in the order of citation. If, in your text, you cite a piece of work more than once, the same citation number should be used.
To cite a piece of work in Physiopedia follow these instructions:

  1. At the point where you wish to cite a piece of work, click on the <R> in the toolbar of the editing box.
  2. A new editing box will pop-up on your screen.
  3. In this box you should write the reference in the 'reference text' box.  Please use the Vancouver style of referencing.
  4. Then add a reference name.  This could be 'Smith and Jones' or 'Smith et al' for example.
  5. Then click OK. 
  6. Once you save the page that you are editing the reference for your cited piece of work will automatically appear at the bottom of the page.

If you wish to cite peice of work more than once on the same page:

  1. Complete the steps above for the first citation of that piece of work.  When you come to cite the same piece of work again click on the <R> function in the toolbar again for the pop-up editing box to appear, but this time you need only fill in the reference name.  This should be the same name that you gave to the reference the first time you cited it.
  2. If you do not know the name that has been given to the reference, for example if someone else added it, you can find it in the wikitext.  Click on the wikitext link in the toolbar of the editing box.  Look in the wikitext for the reference that you wish to cite for a second (or multiple) time.  It should start with <ref name="reference name"> where reference name is the name that you are looking for.
  3. If it does not have a reference name i.e. it just starts with <ref> and ends with </ref> you can add a reference name yourself by adding name="reference name" inside the first <ref> tag.

See our detailed guidelines on how to implement Vancouver referencing.


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