Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: BNF - British National Formulary for Children

The structure of your reference for BNFC is dependent upon whether you are using the print or electronic version.

If using a print copy of BNF for Children:

Name of formulary committee as author. (Year) Title of entry. BNF for Children, Volume, Dates covered by publication. London: Pharmaceutical Press, page numbers. 

Reference List (print)

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment:

Paediatric Formulary Committee. (2017) Nocturnal enuresis in children. BNF for Children 2017-2018. London: BMJ Group and Pharmaceutical Press, 625-627.

In-text citation

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

Paediatric Formulary Committee (2017)...

If using the database (online) version of BNF for Children

Name of the formulary Committee. (Year) Title of entry. BNF for Children, Volume, Dates covered by publication. London: BMJ Group and Pharmaceutical Press. Available at: https://www.medicinescomplete.com/#/ [Accessed date].

Reference List (electronic)

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment:

Paediatric Formulary Committee. (2017) Nocturnal enuresis in children. BNF for Children 2017-2018. London: BMJ Group and Pharmaceutical Press. Available at: https://www.medicinescomplete.com/#/ [Accessed 25 February 2018].

In-text citation

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

...(Paediatric Formulary Committee 2017).

Points to note: 

• Use the url for the database provider, https://www.medicinescomplete.com/#/, rather than the url for the exact entry page (the latter will be significantly longer).