LibGuides: APA Referencing: Health Resources

Clinical overview in the Clinicalkey for Nursing database

The APA Manual does not have information about how to reference a clinical overview, so we have to adapt the information we have to fit APA rules.

In-text citation

Menon (2022) describes ...

... (Menon, 2022).

Reference list entry

Menon, U. (2022). Abnormal balance or gait [Clinical overview]. ClinicalKey for Nursing. Retrieved August 30, 2022 from https://www.clinicalkey.com.au/nursing

It has an Author. (Date). Title. You could put a description of what it is in square brackets after the title. This is followed by the source which is the Clinical for Nursing database. This is treated similar to a journal title so is in italics
Normally you do not include URLs for academic databases in reference list entries.  The APA Manual says the only time you do, is when articles are accessed via that particular database only. ClinicalKey clinical overviews can only be accessed via the Clinicalkey for Nursing database, so you could add the URL for the homepage
Normally you do not include a retrieval date. The Manual says you only do so if the information gets updated or changes over time. These overviews are updated

StatPearls

In the About Us of StatPearls, it states they are a leading professional healthcare education and technology company.

Author of chapter or entry. (Date when last updated). Title of chapter or entry. In Title of whole resource. Publisher. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

Griddine, A., & Bush, J. S. (2023, February 15). Ondansetron. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499839/?report=classic

Reference this like a chapter in an edited book or an entry in a dictionary with individual authors
The date is when it was last updated
The title is that of the entry
This is followed by the word In and StatPearls which is in italics as it is the name of the whole resource
The source is the publisher and the URL
The content is updated continually. When an online work is constantly updated and not archived, you include a retrieval date i.e. the day you accessed the information