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Surveys, Questionnaires, Assessments

  Format  Example
Survey, questionnaire, assessment #. Author AA -or- Name of Department/Unit/Organization. Title of survey/questionnaire [Survey/Questionnaire]. Location of publication: Publisher or Institution; Year of publication [cited YYYY MMM DD]. Total number of pages. Available from: URL (if available) 1. Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region. Unit staff experience survey [Survey]. Regina (SK): Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region; 2015 [cited 2020 Sep 05]. 3 p.
Database record for a test #. Author AA. Title. Date of first publication (omit if not available)  [cited YYYY MMM DD]. In Database Name [Internet]. Location of publication: Publisher. Available from: URL (if available). 1. Cardoza D, Morris JK, Myers HF, Rodriguez N. Acculturative stress inventory. 2000 [cited 2024 Oct 10]. In Psychtests [Internet]. Montreal (QB): Pyschtests AIM Inc. 

 

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.