LibGuides: Medical Laboratory: Citing

Cite, you must...

To give credit to authors and acknowledge their ideas (whether you quote them or not).

To avoid plagiarism.

To allow others to trackthe sources you consulted, so scholars can have conversations about your topic.

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Watch the 2 minutes video Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction, created by NCSU Libraries. This video is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license.

Vancouver Referencing

Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [Internet]. 2nd edition. National Library of Medicine (US); 2007-

BCIT Vancouver Style

NLM Sample of Formatted References for Authors of Journal Articles -- This is a list of sample references formatted in Vancouver style. If you are stuck trying to decide how to format a resource check this out, and there should be a example to suit your purposes!
ICMJE Recommendations -- Official website of The Recommendations from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
Dalhousie University Vancouver style
Monash University Vancouver Guide -- Check out this guide on Vancouver Style from Monash University. It goes into great depth on how to format citations for Vancouver style.

Parts of the Vancouver Citation

Print Journal

Book

e-journal (no DOI, therefore we use the URL)

Plagiarism

BCIT Policy -- Academic Integrity and Appeals.
BCIT Library Guide -- Avoiding Plagiarism.
BCIT MOOC-0121 – Academic Integrity
An OWL guide on Avoiding Plagiarism, and Understanding Plagiarism.
EBSCO guide for students on How to avoid plagiarism.
Academic Integrity - The Learning Portal

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Citation Managers

Both Mendeley and Zotero have group sharing options. yes Adapted from University of Florida Library

Mendeley logo

Mendeley is both a reference manager and an academic social network. A free account will provide you with 2GB of online storage; additional storage may be purchased for your account. All you ever wanted to know about Mendeley can be found with their helpful online guides or by watching the Mendeley training videos

Zotero logo

ZoteroBib quickly generates a citation and then converts it to APA, MLA, etc.

Zotero is a flexible reference manager. All the information for learning Zotero is provided through their online documentation or their screencast tutorials.

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