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Social media posts (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.)

Format Example

#. @AccountHandle. The entire text of the tweet. Publication date Month DD, YYYY. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL/link to tweet

AMA Guide section 3.15.4

1. @CMA_Docs. We live in an enormously fractured data environment in health care in Canada. Our ability to find answers to very simple questions is nearly impossible. We’ve fallen severely behind the developments of our counterparts, warned @DrFahadRazak. July 27, 2022. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://twitter.com/CMA_Docs/status/15

2. @CADTH.ACMTS Facebook page. CADTH has issued a final recommendation to reimburse lisocabtagene maraleucel (#Breyanzi) with clinical criteria and/or conditions for the treatment of relapsed or refractory large B-cell #lymphoma. Learn more: https://www.cadth.ca/lisocabtagene-maraleucel July 27, 2022. Accessed September 4, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/CADTH.ACMTS/

 

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 unless there are more than 6 (7 or more), in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”). e.g., Smith TP, Brown A, McLane E, et al.
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Follow examples when using upper- and lowercase initials and italics. Do not use quotation marks for titles (e.g., "Title").
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural Healthcare: A Definitive Guide.
  • Dates: Spell out the full month name for 'Accessed' date. e.g., June, not Jun or 06. 
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.