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Nursing Library Guide

Guide to library resources for nursing students showing how to find information in books and journals, referencing and essay writing.

Referencing an article from a journal

Author. (Date). Title of article. Name of journal in italics. Vol(issue), page numbers. doi:    

Note:  Only first word of title of article is capitalized

          Each word in name of journal is capitalized

             Volume number is in italics

             Include both volume and issue number if available.

             Include only doi number or stable URL, if known.

 In List of References

Ratnapalan, S. M., & Das, L. (2011). Causes of eye burns in children.

     Pediatric Emergency Care, 27(2), 151-156.


In-text

The objective was to ascertain the reported causes of burns to the eyes in children (Ratnapalan & Das, 2011).

 

In List of References


Riegel, B., Driscoll, A., Suwanno, J., Moser, D. K., Lennie, T. A., Chung, M. L., Wu, J.R., Dickson, V.V., Carlson, B. & Cameron, J. (2009). Heart failure self-care in developed and developing countries. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 15(6), 508-516.  doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.01.009

Note: List up to twenty authors, if there are more than twenty, list the first nineteen, followed by … and then the last author’s name.

In-text

(Riegel et al., 2009)