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Drug Resources

  Format Example

Drug resources

(Lexicomp, Micromedex, CPS, etc).

#. Author AA (if available). Title of database or information resource [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher. Year of database publication YYYY. Record No.: ## (if available), Title of entry; [updated YYYY MON DD; cited YYYY MON DD]; [# of paragraphs, webpages, or screens]. Available from: http://Website URL

1. DynaMed [Internet]. Ipswich (MA): EBSCO Information Services. 1995. Record No. T920270, Ibuprofen; [updated 2018 Nov 30, cited 2020 Oct 28]; [about 26 screens]. Available from: https://www.dynamed.com/

2. Lexicomp [Internet]. Hudson (OH): Wolters Kluwer. Ofatumumab; [updated 2020 Jul 06; cited 2022 Jul 28]. Available from: http://online.lexi.com

3. Micromedex [Internet]. Greenwood Village (CO): IBM Corporation; 2022. Dimethyl fumarate; [updated 2022 Jul 18; cited 2022 Jul 28]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: https://www.micromedexsolutions.com/

Package inserts #. Name of drug [package insert]. Place of publication: Manufacturer; Year of publication.  1. Mometasone [package insert]. Toronto (ON); Apotex Inc.; 2019.

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 initialisms. 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.