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Policies, Guidelines & Standards

  Format Example
  • Policies
  • Guidelines
  • Standards
  • Procedures
  • Forms
  • and/or other organization documents

#. Author AA, Author BB or Organization Name. Title of report or policy. Document number (if available). Publication date Month DD, YYYY. Updated date Month DD, YYYY (if applicable). Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL/link to document (if available)

Note: Do not include a link to documents stored on SharePoint or other restricted websites. Only include links to documents available publicly.

If referencing documents from the SHA Document Finder, use the "permalink" URL and not the PDF URL.

AMA Guide section 3.15.5

1. Saskatchewan Health Authority. Medication reconciliation. SHA-08-002. July 16, 2020. Accessed July 18, 2022. https://documentfinder.saskhealthauthority.ca/

2. Five Hills Health Region. Information technology security and passwords. FHHR 326. November 1, 1996. Updated February 13, 2012. https://documentfinder.saskhealthauthority.ca/

 

If the document is not available online:

3. Saskatchewan Health Authority. Use of patient education materials in long-term care environments. SHA-123. February 28, 2015. Updated August 4, 2020.
Reports and white papers

Author AA, Author BB or Organization Name. Title of report or white paper. Name of issuing agency, department, or government division; Publication date Month DD, YYYY. Publication number (if available). Accessed date Month DD, YYYY. URL/link to report or white paper if available

AMA Guide section 3.13.2

1. Macdonald M, Kulakiewicz. Tackling Loneliness. House of Commons Library; June 14, 2021. CBP8514. Accessed August 2, 2022. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk

2. Craig W, Gariepy G, Mayne K, Atallah R, Georgiades K. Mental Health and Problematic Social Media Use in Canadian Adolescents: Findings from the 2018 Health Behaviour of School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. Public Health Agency of Canada; December 2021. 210166. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/

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.