Social Media

	Format	Example
X (formerly Twitter)	Author, A. A. or Organization [@username]. (Year, Month Day). Content up to first 20 words [Tweet/Post/Image]. X. URL Note: When citing a X profile for Content up to first 20 words use Posts, Replies, or Media. [Twitter Profile]. Then add Retrieved Month Day, Year before the URL and after X.	Canadian Medical Association [@CMA_Docs]. ( 2022, July 27). We live in an enormously fractured data environment in health care in Canada. [Tweet].X. https://twitter.com/CMA_Docs/status/1552442845038260226?s=20&t=OFq9ExGzuR9Xlc7y2S6d7w Saskatchewan Health Authority [@SaskHealth]. (2010, April). Posts [Twitter profile]. X. Retrieved October 8, 2024. https://x.com/SaskHealth
Facebook	Author, A. A. or Organization. (Year, Month Day). Content up to first 20 words [Video/Image attached/Facebook post]. Facebook. URL Note: When citing a Facebook page use Posts, About, Photos, or Videos in content up to first 20 words. Then add [Facebook page]. Insert Retrieved Month Day, Year before the URL and after Facebook.	Saskatchewan Health Authority. (2023, December 1). Respiratory illness season has only just begun in Saskatchewan [Image attached] [Facebook post]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=635015172161312&id=100069585044466&_rdr Canadian Medical Association. (n.d.). Posts [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved October 8,2024. https://www.facebook.com/CanadianMedicalAssociation

General Rules

How to format in-text citations in your document.
Use the author-date citation system for direct quotes: (Author Surname, Publication Year)
When citing a reference by two authors use an ampersand between their last names: (Last name & Last Name, Publication Year)
No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
When citing a reference by three or more authors use the first authors names followed by et. al.,: (Last name et. al., Publication Year)
When quoting a passage or referencing a specific page include the page numbers after the citation number: (Last Name, Publication Year, p. page number) (Last Name, Publication Year, para. paragraph number) (Last Name, Publication Year, table number)