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Reports

This category includes reports by a task force, working group, or other group, government agency reports, annual reports, codes of ethics, grants, issue briefs, policy briefs, and press releases (APA Manual, section 10.4). 


Report with an individual author:

Author. (Year, Month Day). Title of report in italics (Report No. 1234) [Optional description]. Publisher/Name of Group. URL

Baral, P., Larsen, M., & Archer, M. (2019). Does money grow on trees? Restoration financing in Southeast Asia. Atlantic Council. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/does-money-grow-on-trees-restoring-financing-in-southeast-asia/

  • In-text paraphrase: (Baral et al., 2019).
  • In-text quote: (Baral et al., 2019, para. 1).

Report with a group author:

Name of group. (Year, Month Day). Title of report in italics (Report No. 1234) [Optional description]. Publisher. URL

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2019, November 15). FDA approves first contact lens indicated to slow the progression of nearsightedness in children [Press release]. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-contact-lens-indicated-slow-progression-nearsightedness-children

  • In-text paraphrase: (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2019).
  • In-text quote: (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2019, para. 2).

Note. If the Publisher is the same as the Group, omit the Publisher.


Note. If there is no date, use (n.d.) for the date and add "Retrieved Month date, year, from URL"

Report by a government agency

 

Name of Agency. (Year). Title of report in italics (Number if provided). Publisher. URL

 

Example one government agency:

World Health Organization. (2015). World report on aging and health. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/186463/9789240694811_eng.pdf?sequence=1

  • In-text paraphrase: (World Health Organization, 2015).
  • In-text quote: (World Health Organization, 2015, p. 32).

Note: In this case, the Publisher is the same as the Agency, so omit the publisher. 


Example two government agencies:

National Cancer Institute. (2011). Clearing the air: Quit smoking today. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/clearing-the-air-pdf

  • In-text paraphrase: (National Cancer Institute, 2011).
  • In-text quote: (National Cancer Institute, 2011, para. 5). 

Example three government agencies:

National Institute of Mental Health. (2016, February). Schizophrenia. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml

  • In-text paraphrase: (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016).
  • In-text quote: (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016, para. 2).

 

Report by individual author(s) at a government agency

Author(s). (Year). Title of report in italics (number if provided). Publisher. URL

Example:

Anderson, T. (2019). Results from the 2016 census: Housing, income and residential dissimilarity among Indigenous people in Canadian cities. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/75-006-x/2019001/article/00018-eng.pdf?st=QVgwhCdt

  • In-text paraphrase: (Anderson, 2019).
  • In-text quote: (Anderson, 2019, p. 3).

Stuster, J., Adolf, J., Byrne, V., & Greene, M. (2018). Human exploration of Mars: Preliminary lists of crew tasks (Report No. NASA/CR-2018-220043). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20190001401.pdf

  • In-text paraphrase: (Stuster et al., 2018).
  • In-text quote: (Stuster et al., 2019, p. 3).

 

Citing an Annual Report

Company Name. (Year). Annual report year. URL

Example from the SEC Website:

Microsoft Corporation. (2022). Annual report 2022. https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar22/index.html

  • In-text paraphrase: (Microsoft Corporation, 2022).
  • In-text quote: (Microsoft Corporation, 2022, Our Culture secction, para. 1).

 

Citing an Annual Report

Company Name. (Year). Annual report year. URL

Example from the SEC Website:

Microsoft Corporation. (2022). Annual report 2022. https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar22/index.html

  • In-text paraphrase: (Microsoft Corporation, 2022).
  • In-text quote: (Microsoft Corporation, 2022, Our Culture secction, para. 1).

 

Case studies

Author. (Year). Title of case study in italics (Number if provided) [Case study]. Publisher. URL

Example: 

Esposito, M. (2018). Expanding into new theme park markets: The case of Ferrari [Case study]. IE Business School. http://lynn-lang.student.lynn.edu:2048/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/reports/expanding-into-new-theme-park-markets-case/docview/2509289795/se-2