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Surveys, Questionnaires, Assessments

Format Example

#. Author AA, Author BB or Organization Name. Title of survey or questionnaire. Document number (if available). Publication date Month DD, YYYY. Updated date Month DD, YYYY (if applicable). Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL/link to document (if available)

Do not include a link to documents stored on SharePoint or other restricted websites. Only include links to documents available publicly.

Based on AMA Guide section 3.15.5

1. Statistics Canada. Canadian community health survey - annual component (CCHS). Record number 3226. February 7, 2022. Accessed August 1, 2022. https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3226

2. YOUTHREX Research & Evaluation eXchange. The social connectedness scale - revised. 2019. Accessed August 3, 2022. https://youthrex.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Social-Connectedness-Scale-Revised.pdf

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.