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Dictionaries & Encyclopedia's

  Format Example
Dictionary or encyclopedia entries (online)

#. Author AA, Author BB -or- Editor AA ed. Title of entry. In: Title of Dictionary /Encyclopedia.# ed (edition). Publisher; Publication Year.  Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

Note: if there is an author and editor add Editor AA, ed. after In: and before the Title. 

1. Barber K ed. Myxovirus. In: The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press; 2005. Accessed October 1, 2024. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/m_en_ca0045976?rskey=LQNymx&result=45965

2. Christie AB, Feigin RD, Garg R. Infectious diseases. In: Curley R ed. Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc; 2024. Accessed October 1, 2024.  https://www.britannica.com/science/infectious-disease
Dictionary or encyclopedia entries (print)

#. Author AA. Entry title. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, ed(s). Title of Dictionary or Encyclopedia.# ed (edition). Publisher; Year of publication.

1. Corticosteroids. In: Cassell DK, Sanoski CA, eds. The Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Drugs. Facts on File; 2016.

 

 
Entire dictionaries or encyclopedia's #. Author AA. Title of Dictionary or Encyclopedia. # ed (edition).  Publisher; Year of publication.  1. O'Toole MT, ed. Mosby's Medical Dictionary. 9th ed. Elsevier/Mosby; 2013.
Wikipedia (and other Wikis) entries

#. Organization Name. Title of specific webpage. Name of website. Month Day, Year of publication. Updated  Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

Note: follows the same citation rules as webpages. 

 1. Wikimedia Foundation. Type 1 diabetes. Wikipedia. 2005. Updated November 14, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2024.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_diabetes

Note: The preferred source for definitions in the SHA is The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed).

General Rules 

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Author/editor names: Last name + First name initial + Middle name initial (if available). e.g., Armand Peter Smith = Smith AP.
  • The names of all authors and editors should be given unless there are more than 6 (7 or more), in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”). e.g., Smith TP, Brown A, McLane E, et al.
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Follow examples when using upper- and lowercase initials and italics. Do not use quotation marks for titles (e.g., "Title").
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural Healthcare: A Definitive Guide.
  • Dates: Spell out the full month name for 'Accessed' date. e.g., June, not Jun or 06. 
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.