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Tables & Figures

  Format Example
Table in a book

#. Author AA. Book title. # ed (edition). Location of publication: Publisher; cYYYY. Table #, Title of table; p. #.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section C, 8

 1. Lind AL. Natural medicines and toxic exposures. 2nd ed. Singapore: New Medicines Publishing Co.; c2017. Table 4, Exposure ranges for northern plants; p. 86.
Table in a journal article

#. Author AA. Article title. Abbreviate journal title . Year of publication; volume(issue):Page-range. Table #, Name of table; p. #. DOI (if available)

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 1, section B, 1

 1. Hivven B. The impact of professional development on the effectiveness measures of emergency nurses. J Nurs Educ . 2001 Oct;3(4):452-72. Table 2, The effectiveness of nurses by geography; p. 185. 
Table in a thesis/dissertation

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title [dissertation/ master's thesis]. Location of publication: Name of Postsecondary Institution; Year of publication. Table #, Title of table; Pages p.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 5, section B, 2

 1. Grant K. The nature and experience of anxiety in bipolar disorder [dissertation]. Lancaster (England): Lancaster University; 2014. Table 1.1, Symptoms of depression, mania, and hypomania as defined in the DMS-5; p.17. 
Figure in a book

#. Author AA. Book title. Edition. Location of publication: Publisher; cYYYY. Figure # or letter, Title of figure; p. #.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section C, 3

 1. Aonda P. New directions in healthcare administration. 4nd ed. Toronto: HealthAdmin Publishing Co.; c2020. Figure 10.5, Strategic talent management workflow; p. 155.
Figure in a journal

#. Author AA. Article title. Abbreviate journal title. Year of publication;volume (issue):Page-range. Figure # or letter, Name of figure; p. #. 

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 1, section B, 5

 1. Polumi K, Jernim J. A new approach to emergency medicine management. J Emerg [Internet]. 2016 Nov;2(1):45-65. Figure 8, Types of management styles; [cited 2021 Aug 25]; p. 10. doi:145.1245842/5246.22
Figure in a thesis/dissertation

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title [dissertation/ master's thesis]. Location of publication: Name of Postsecondary Institution; Year of publication. Figure #, Title of figure; p.#. 

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 5, section B, 3

 1. Narvell NY. Relationship between performance frameworks in health care and opioid-exposed infant's length of stay in New Jersey hospitals [dissertation]. Minneapolis (MN): Walden University; 2024. Figure 1, Structure, process and outcome for quality care delivery in the Donabedian model; p. 22. 

Note: Do not shorten "Figure" to "Fig." Capitalize the first letter of "Figure" and "Table"

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.