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News Media & Blogs

  Format Example
News/magazine articles on the web

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Name of the newspaper or magazine. Publication date Month Day, Year of publication. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

1. Murray C. Exploring diabetes and stem cells: how close are we to a cure? Globe and Mail. June 8, 2022. Accessed October 1, 2024. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-exploring-diabetes-and-stem-cells-how-close-are-we-to-a-cure/  

 

 

 

News/magazine articles in print/hardcopy

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Name of the newspaper or magazine.  Month Day, Year of publication:Section of newspaper (if applicable) or page number(s).

1. Dhaliwal J. The winter blues: seasonal depression in Canada. Regina Leader Post. November 15, 2019:C1.

 
Blog posts

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of blog post. Name of the blog. Month Day, Year of publication. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

1. Lassi Z, Meherali S. Reducing adolescent inequity through strategic investments: A global perspective. BMJ Global Health Blog. November 25, 2023. AccessedOctober 16, 2024. https://blogs.bmj.com/2023/11/25/reducing-adolescent-inequity-through-strategic-investment-a-global-perspective/

 
Comment on blog post #. Author AA -or- @username. Re:Title of post. Comment online. Title of Blog. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL 1. @cronaldod. Re:Reducing adolescent inequity through strategic investment: A global perspective. Comment online. BMJ Global Health Blog. Accessed October 21, 2024.  https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjgh/2023/11/25/reducing-adolescent-inequity-through-strategic-investment

Note: Newspaper names are not abbreviated. If a city name is not part of the newspaper name, it may be added to the official name for clarity (e.g., The StarPhoenix may be written as The Saskatoon StarPhoenix).

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.