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  Format Example
Website

#. Author AA (if available). Website Name [Internet]. Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [updated YYYY MMM DD (if available); cited YYYY MMM DD]. Available from: URL

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 25, section A

1. World Health Organization [Internet]. Geneva (Switzerland); WHO; 2021 [cited 2024 Nov 13]. Available from: https://www.who.int/
Webpage

#. Title of website [Internet]. Location of publication: Publisher; Date of publication of website. Title of part; Date of publication of webpage [updated YYYY MMM DD (if available); cited YYYY MMM DD].; [Pagination of part].  Available from: URL

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 25, section B

1. World Health Organization [Internet]. Geneva (Switzerland); WHO; 2021. Endometriosis; 2023 Mar 24 [cited 2024 Nov 13]; [about 2 pages]. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis

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.