Citation Tools: Government & Industry Reports

Government Reports (APA)

*note: each line after the first line should be indented

Author, A. A. (year of publication). Title of publication (Report number). Publisher. URL

Example:

National Cancer Institute. (2018). Facing forward: Life after cancer treatment (NIH Publication No. 18-2424). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/life-after-treatment.pdf

*If the author is also the publisher, you can list it only once in the author's spot.

Press Release (APA)

*note: each line after the first line should be indented

Author, A. A. (year, date of release). Title of press release [format]. URL

Example:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2019, February 14). FDA authorizes first interoperable insulin pump intended to allow patients to customize treatment through their individual diabetes management devices [Press release]. https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm631412.htm

Patents (APA)

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Author, A. A. (year patent issued). Title of patent. (U.S. Patent No.) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. URL

Example:

Hiremath, S. C., Kumar, S., Lu, F., & Salehi, A. (2016). Using metaphors to present concepts across different intellectual domains (U.S. Patent No 9,367,592). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=9367592

Company Profile/Industry Report (APA)

*note: each line after the first line should be indented

Report publisher. (year published). Report title [company profile]. Database name.

Example

MarketLine. (2015). Vestas Wind Systems A/S [company profile]. Business Source Premier.