Specific Rules #3 for Notes (optional) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Other types of material to include in notes

The notes element may be used to provide any further information. Begin by citing the book, then add the note. Some examples of notes are:

If the book is available from a distributor rather than the publisher, give the name of the distributor, its location, and any accession or finding number. Begin with the phrase "Available from" followed by a colon and a space.

What kind of birth control is best for you? Rockville (MD): Food and Drug Administration (US); 2000. 12 p. Available from: US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC; HE 20.4050:B 53/2000.

If the book is translated or otherwise adapted from another book, give the name of the original.

Holz FG. Age-related macular degeneration. 2nd ed. New York: Springer; c2004. 234 p. Translated from the German title Altersabhangige Makuladegeneration.

If the book was sponsored by or prepared for a particular organization, give the name.

Stahl PH, Wermuth CG, editors. Handbook of pharmaceutical salts: properties, selection, and use. New York: Wiley-VCH; c2002. 374 p. Prepared for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

If the book is not a common one, give the name of a library or other archive where it may be found. Begin with the phrase "Located at" followed by a colon and a space.

Tereshchenko NM. Biologicheski aktivnye veshchestva i ikh surrogaty. Cherkasy (Ukraine): Vidlunnia-Plius; 2003. 103 p. Russian. Located at: National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; 2004 H-230.

If the book contains material of particular interest to the audience that may not be apparent from the title, describe it.

Palazzo RE, Davis TN, editors. Centrosomes and spindle pole bodies. San Diego: Academic Press; c2001. 375 p. 16 pages of plates, some color.

If the author’s manuscript is available electronically.

Hao Zheng, Ng F, Yixiao Liu, Hardin PE. Spatial and circadian regulation of cry in Drosophila. J Biol Rhythms. Forthcoming. [cited 2008 Aug 11]:[18 p.]. Author’s manuscript available at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=18663236 PubMed Central; PMCID: PMC2504742.

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Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [Internet]. 2nd edition. Chapter 2: Books

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Specific Rules #3 for Notes (optional) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Other types of material to include in notes

Examples for Notes (optional) for Entire Books Vancouver Style (2015/09/04)