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Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: British Pharmacopoeia

Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines

British Pharmacopoeia

The required elements for the reference are:

Corporate Author. (Year) Title of entry. British Pharmacopoeia Year, Vol. and/or Monograph details. Available at: URL [Accessed date].

Reference List

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

British Pharmacopoeia Commission. (2023) Herbal teas. British Pharmacopoeia 2023 (Ph. Eur. 11.0 update), Vol. IV, Herbal Drugs, Herbal Drug Preparations and Herbal Medicinal Products. Available at: https://www.pharmacopoeia.com/ [Accessed 13 December 2022]. 

 

In-text citation 

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

As stated by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission (2023) herbal teas are.....

Example 2 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

Botanical examinations can be used to determine which drugs are used in herbal teas (British Pharmacopoeia Commission 2023).

Other points to note

Points to note:

  • At Ulster University we have access to the online version of the British Pharmacopoeia.  There is no need to include place of publication and publisher.
  • To find the volume or monograph details that the entry is located within, use the breadcrumb trail of links at top of the entry webpage as per the screenshot below:
    Screenshot of the entry webpage
     
  • When adding the url, only include the "short" url - https://www.pharmacopoeia.com/