University of Western Australia LibGuides - Vancouver Citation Style - Dictionary

Basic Format for Referencing Information From a Dictionary

Details to be recorded when you reference information from a print copy of a dictionary:

Dictionary title. Edition. City: Publisher; Year. Title; pages.

Details to be recorded when you reference information from a dictionary you obtained online:

Dictionary title [type of medium]. Edition. City: Publisher; Year. Title. [Date of access]. Available from: Database.

See below for further information about what to record in each of these elements of your reference.

Dictionary - Print/Library Database/Internet

Material Type

Reference List Example

EndNote X1

Using the Vancouver style downloaded from the Library Web Site

Dictionary

Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin; p. 675.

Reference Type: Dictionary

Add dictionary title to the ‘Dictionary Title’ field.

Add [Internet] to the title field after the dictionary name if accessed online.

Add the definition term to the ‘Title’ field eg Filamin as shown in the reference example.

If accessed online add the 'Date of Access'.

Add name of Library-subscribed database, or URL if on the Internet, to the 'Name of Database' field.

From a Library-subscribed database.

Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary [Internet]. 29th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin. [cited 2009 Feb 16]. Available from: Credo Reference.

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