| Template | Example | |
| Reference list entry |
Author Last Name First Initial Second Initial or Corporate Author. Website Title [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Date [Date of update; cited Year Mon Day]. Available from: URL |
Mayo Clinic. Medical Professionals [Internet]. Scottsdale (AZ): Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; c1998-2024 [cited 2024 Aug 12]. Available from: https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals |
Cite an eBook or eJournal article as an electronic book or electronic article on the Books or Articles tabs.
Follow Canadian or US cities with the two-letter abbreviation for the province, territory or state.
When citing, a reference should start with the individual or organization with responsibility for the content. Therefore, begin the reference with information about the entire site, followed by information about the part.
| Template | Example | |
| Reference list entry |
Author Last Name First Initial Second Initial or Corporate Author. Website Title [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Date of Publication of Homepage [Date of website update]. Title of webpage; Date of Publication of webpage [Date of webpage update; Date of citation]. Available from: URL |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Index to drug-specific information [Internet]. Silver Spring [MD]: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sleep disorder (sedative-hypnotic) drug information; [updated 2023 June 29; cited 2024 Aug 20]. Available from: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/sleep-disorder-sedative-hypnotic-drug-information. |
| Scenario | Solution | Reference list entry example |
| Home page or Web page with update or revision. | Include the update in square brackets after the title. Use the language used in the resource (updated, reviewed, modified, etc.). Included in the same bracket and before the cited statement, separated by a semi-colon. | NIH: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (US) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): NCCIH; [updated 2024 Aug 27]. Be an informed consumer; [updated 2020 Feb; cited 2024 Aug 27]. Available from: https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/be-an-informed-consumer |
| Corporation is the author | Omit "The" proceeding an organization. Use full name, separating divisions of an organization by a comma. | American Medical Association, Committee on Ethics. |
| Corporation is an International body with unclear origin | Include the 2-letter ISO country code in round brackets after the organization name | National Academy of Medicine (US). |
| No date, but there is copyright data. | Use the copyright date with a "c" preceding the date | c2015 |
| No date - part of Web site. | If neither a date of publication nor a date of copyright can be found for the part of a Web site, use the date of update/revision and/or the date cited. | MD Anderson Cancer Center [Internet]. Houston: University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center; c2024. Genetic Testing; [cited 2024 Aug 20]. Available from https://www.mdanderson.org/prevention-screening/family-history/genetic-testing.html
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