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APA Style -6th edition

This guide provides resources for learning how to cite your sources using APA Style guidelines.

Online Government Document

For more tips on citing government sources, check out the Government Publication section under the Books tab.

General Format

  • In-text citation, paraphrase: (Government author, year)
     
  • In-text citation, quotation: (Government author, year, page or paragraph number [if available])year)
     
  • Reference list citation:  Government Name. Name of Government Agency. (year). Title of document: Subtitle
                (Report No. xxx [if available]). Retrieved from URL of specific document
Example
  • In-text citation, paraphrase: (Environment Canada, 2004) 
     
  • In-text citation, quotation: (Environment Canada, 2004) 
     

Reference list citation: 

United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012). Occupational

Outlook Handbook. U. Banasch & G. Holroyd (Eds). (Occasional Paper no. 110). Retrieved from http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/publications/AbstractTemplate.cfm?lang=e&id=1067

 

Google Advanced Search

How to use the Google Advanced Search to do more effective searches on the Internet. Created by Instructional Services, David L. Rice Library at the University of Southern Indiana.

DavidLRiceLibrary. (2010, January 15). Google advanced search.wmv [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_QHaWLxGX8

Digital Government: E-Government Research, Case Studies, & Implementation

Chen, H. (2008). Digital government: E-government research, case studies and implementation [ebook version]. Berlin: Springer.
 
"A definitive, interdisciplinary, and understandable review of recent IT and related research of particular importance to digital government. The book also includes explorations of current and future policy implications, and case studies of successful applications in a variety of government settings."