Database on the Internet 

• Title of Database [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher. Initial Date of Publication- (list end date if database closed) [Date of Citation]. Available from: Web Address 

• PubMed [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine. 2004 - [cited 2016 Jul31]. Available from: https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.jerome.stjohns.edu/pubmed  

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Part of a Database on the Internet (e.g., a single drug monograph out of a publication) 

• Title of Database [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher. Initial Date of Publication - (list end date if database closed). Record Identifier, Title of Part; [Date of Citation]; [Length of Part]. Available from: Web Address 

• If a piece of information is implied, but cannot be confirmed, place that information in square brackets and if it is unknown state that in square brackets (e.g., [publisher unknown]). 

• DRUGDEX [Internet]. [place unknown]: Truven Health Analytics. c2012-2016. Amiodarone; [cited 2016 Jul 31]; [about 8 screens]. Available from: https://www-micromedexsolutions-com.jerome.stjohns.edu/home/dispatch/ssl/true 

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Website Homepage 

• Author(s). Title of Homepage [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Date of Publication [Date of Update; Date of Citation]. Available from: Web Address 

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; c1997-2004 [updated 2004 Aug 18; cited 2004 Aug 18]. Available from: http://www.ashp.org/.  

 

Part of a Website 

• Title of Homepage [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Date of Publication of Homepage. Title of Part; Date of Publication of Part (if different from Homepage) [Date of Update; Date of Citation]; [Length of Part]. Available from: Web Address 

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; c1997-2004. Compounding Resource Center; [updated 2004 Aug 18; cited 2004 Aug 18]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://www.ashp.org/compounding 

 

Proprietary online databases and mobile applications: 

• Warfarin [monograph]. In: Lexi-Drugs, version 1.13.0 [mobile application]. Hudson, OH: Lexi- Comp (accessed 2014 Nov 2).  

 

Government agency publication (print or online): 

• Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for industry: safety considerations for product design to minimize medication errors (December 2012). www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ Guidances/UCM331810.pdf (accessed 2013 Oct 31). 

 

Citation Generator: 

• PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/  

• Generate a citation directly from the PubMed website by going to the study you wish to cite and click “cite” on the right-hand side. 

• Mick Schroeder’s Citation Generator: https://mickschroeder.com/citation/ 

• Paste a URL in the text box and click Suggest Citation. Automatically pull in data from thousands of medical and scientific journals, newspapers, magazine articles, library catalogs, articles. 

• You can also use an identifier such as an ISBN, DOI, PMID, or arXiv ID, or you can search by title. 

• Rho Chi Post Citation Generator: https://rhochistj.org/RhoChiPost/AMA/ 

• Citation generator made by the St. John’s Rho Chi Post for PubMed articles, websites, and package inserts. 

• Ebook citation generators, ie Access Pharmacy or Pharmacy Library: 

• Some journals provided citations for the reader. Look for and click the cite button. Most databases will provide different citation formats already generated for you. Some have a dropdown menu after clicking the cite button where you can choose your citation format such as MLA, APA, etc.