APA Citation Help, 6th Edition

Drug and Point of Care Databases in APA

More information on citing websites can be found on at this APA Blog Post. 

******Remember that all citations are double-spaced!

Drug & Point of Care Databases

Cite databases such as Lexi-Comp, UpToDate, MicroMedex, Natural Standard, & DynaMed as follows:

 

Generic, with Author:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. In Name of Database. Retrieved from: http://xxxxxxxx

Example:

Hu, L. (2014). Clinical manifestations of Lyme disease in adults. In UpToDate. Retrieved from: http://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-of-lyme-disease-in-adults

 

Generic, No Author:

Title of entry. (Year). In Name of Database. Retrieved from: http://xxxxxxxx

Example:

Levothyroxine. (n.d.). In Lexicomp Online. Retrieved from: http://online.lexi.com/lco/action/doc/retrieve/docid/patch_f/7172

Citing Apps

If you use an app to access information from a point of care or a drug database, then you must use the app format to cite the information. 

 

Generic:

Title of entry. (year). In Title of Software or Program (Version number) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxx

Example:

Diabetes. (2013). In Epocrates Essentials for Apple iOS (Version 5.1) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.epocrates.com/mobile/iphone/essentials

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