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Policies, Guidelines & Standards

Policies, Guidelines, and Standards may include procedures, forms, and any other organization documents.

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

#. Department or Organization Name. Title of policy/procedure [Internet]. Location of publication: Publisher; YYYY MMM DD of publication [cited YYYY MMM DD]. Total # of pages. Document No.: # (if available). Available from: URL

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.

1. Saskatchewan Health Authority. Medication reconciliation. [Internet]. Regina (SK): Saskatchewan Health Authority; 2020 [cited 2022 Jul 18]. 11 p. Document No.: SHA-08-002. Available from:  https://documentfinder.saskhealthauthority.ca/en/permalink/policies608

If the document is not available online:

2. Saskatchewan Health Authority. Use of patient education materials in long-term care environments. Regina (SK): Saskatchewan Health Authority; 2015. 10 p. Document No.: SHA-123.

Reports and white papers

#. Author AA. Title of report. Location of Publication: Publisher; YYYY MMM DD of publication. Total number of pages #p. Report No.; Report Number.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 4

If available online: add [Internet] after Title of report, [cited YYYY MMM DD] after Date of Publication, and Available from: URL at the end of the citation. 

1. Byl L, Carson J, Feltracco A, Gooch S, Gordon S, Kenyon T, Muirhead B, Seskar-Hencic S, MacDonald K, Tamer O, Stirling P. Measuring research outputs through bibliometrics. Waterloo (ON): University of Waterloo; 2016. 39 p.

2. Macdonald M, Kulakiewicz A. Tackling loneliness [Internet]. London: House of Commons Library; 2021 Jun 14 [cited 2024 Oct 24]. 72 p. Report no.: CBP8514. Available from:  https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8514/CBP-8514.pdf

 


 

Specific parts of reports and white papers

#. Author AA -or- Organization Name. Title of report. Location of Publication: Publisher; Year of Publication. Chapter/appendix /other parts #, title of chapter /appendix/other parts; p.#-#. 

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 4, section B, 1

If available online: add [Internet] after Title of report, [cited YYYY MMM DD] after Date of Publication, and Available from: URL at the end of the citation. 

1. Byl L, Carson J, Feltracco A, Gooch S, Gordon S, Kenyon T, Muirhead B, Seskar-Henic S, MacDonald K, Tamer O, Stirling P. Measuring research outputs through bibliometrics. Waterloo (ON): University of Waterloo; 2016. Chapter 4, Summary and recommendations, p.28-39. 

2. Macdonald M, Kulakiewicz A. Tackling loneliness [Internet]. London: House of Commons Library; 2021 [cited 2024 Oct 24]. Chapter 2, Cause of loneliness and prevention; p.25-33. Available from: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8514/CBP-8514.pdf

Discussion paper #. Author AA. Title of Report. Organization; Year. Discussion paper number. Accessed Month Day, Year. Available from: URL 1. Environment and Climate Change Canada. A proposed Integrated Management Approach to Plastic Products to Prevent Waste and Pollution. Government of Canada; 2020. Accessed October 25, 2024. Available from:  https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/plastics-proposed-integrated-management-approach.html

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. See Reference List General Rules for the use of "et al."
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Capitalize only the first word of a title, proper nouns, proper adjectives, acronyms, and initialises. Do not use quotation marks or italics for titles.
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural healthcare: a definitive guide.
  • Dates: Whenever possible use the date format [YYYY Mon DD].
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.