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On this page: How to do a bibliographic reference for a journal article in Vancouver style.
Related pages: Referencing,
Reference Machines for a book,
a chapter in an edited book,
a newspaper or magazine article or an
Internet reference.
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Thumb J. Language choice: English, Cantonese or mix? Hong Kong Polytechnic University Working Papers in ELT and Applied Linguistics, 1996: 2(2):37-56.
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If you can't find an author's name, for example in a newspaper or magazine, use the title of the newspaper or magazine.
Do not use 'et al.' in bibliographies: quote the names of all the authors and/or editors.
If you don't know which name is the family name and which are the other names:
The author's initials are the first letters of each of the author's family names. For example, if the author is Wong Wai Man, then the initials are WM