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Harvard Flinders style

Harvard Flinders style
Created by the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Flinders University, this is a guide to citing sources, incuding books, journal articles, reports, and electronic materials.

For EndNote users, the Faculty of Veterinary Science Harvard style (harvardflinders_usyd.ens) can be downloaded from the University of Sydney Library web page:
Creating Bibliographies - Amended Style Files

General Citation and Style Guides

Citation and Style Guide.
Created by Ladd Library, Bates College, USA, this site is a directory of sources for citation and style.

getCited
This academic citation service has references to over 3 250 000 publications. After registering with getCited, academics may add their own publications to the database. This service allows anyone to search for material which includes references to book chapters and conference proceedings.

Sources: their Use and Acknowledgment
Created by Dartmouth College, USA, this is a guide to academic citation.

Citation guides
Collection of links to several citation style guides compiled by the University of Queensland Cybrary.

Specific Citation Styles Guides

Australian Veterinary Journal: Instructions for Authors
These instructions for authors includes information on the correct style for material submitted to the Australian Veterinary Journal.

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research (AJAR)
Maintained by CSIRO Publishing, this page provides information to authors including citation style and copyright information.

Harvard Style: Quick Guide
Maintained by the University of Queensland Library, this is a quick guide to using the Harvard style of referencing.

Harvard System
Compiled by Bournemouth University Library, UK, this is a brief guide to the Harvard System. The document is in .pdf format.

Vancouver Style: Quick Guide
Maintained by the University of Queensland Library, this is a quick guide to using the Vancouver style of referencing.

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
Published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, this guide includes detailed information on citing.

Citing Electronic Resources

ISO Standards
Excerpts from International Standard IS 690-2: Bibliographic References to Electronic Documents.

Electronic Resource Style Manuals
Compiled by Emory University Library, Emory University, USA.

Reference Management Software

EndNote™ Tutorial
EndNote™ is bibliographic management software that allows you to organise your references and build bibliographies. This online tutorial has been compiled by staff at The University of Sydney Library.