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The Purdue Owl APA formatting and Style Guide's most often used spaces on the guide are:
In-Text Citations: The Basics (information on how a citation should generally be formatted inside of your paper, paraphrased, and direct quotes)
In-Text Citations: Author/Authors (information on rules for listing of author(s). For example multiple authors, corporate authors, etc.)
Reference List: Basic Rules (section covers issues such as alphabetizing entries, hanging indent, etc.)
Reference List: Electronic Sources (section covers formatting for online journals, news articles, electronic books, etc.)
Consult other sections of the guide as needed; visit The Purdue Owl, APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th edition)
Example of an entry for a corporate annual report from a company's website.
Netflix, Inc. (2019, Dec. 31). Form 10-K. Retrieved from www.netflixinvestor.com
Example of an entry for a corporate annual report from sec.gov (EDGAR)
Netflix, Inc. (2019, Dec. 31). Form 10-K. Retrieved from https://www.sec.gov/
IBISWorld Industry Report
Reference Entry
Cook, D. (2020, September). Video game software publishing in the US (51121E). [US industry report]. Retrieved from IBISWorld.com
In-text citation (w/out a page number)
(Cook, 2020)
NOTE: If you are directly quoting from this source include the page number; easily obtained from the PDF of the report.
In-text citation (with a page number)
(Cook, 2020, p. 36)
Mergent Online
Reference Entry for a Company
Mergent, Inc. (n.d.). Tesla, Inc.: Company details. Retrieved October 16, 2020 from Mergentonline.com
Note: (n.d.) represents no date. Reports pulled from this source do not have a known date. Where you must include a date is in the retrieval statement. This is because this source is subject to change.
In-text citation
(Mergent, Inc., n.d.)
Reference Entry for a section of a company report
Mergent, Inc. (n.d.). Tesla, Inc. [Ownership]. Retrieved October 21, 2020 from Mergentonline.com
Note: (n.d.) represents no date. Reports pulled from this source do not have a known date. Where you must include a date is in the retrieval statement. This is because this source is subject to change.
In-text citation
(Mergent, Inc., n.d.)
More than one entry for the same company; requires the use of letters. a, b, c.
First alphabetize your reference entries, then assign a, b, c, etc. next to where the date is listed. If you have a year of publication place the letter directly behind the year (2020a). However if there is an entry with no date (n.d.), use a hyphen before the use of the letter (n.d. -a).
Mergent, Inc. (n.d.-a). Tesla, Inc.: Company details. Retrieved October 16, 2020 from Mergentonline.com
Mergent, Inc. (n.d.-b). Tesla, Inc. [Ownership]. Retrieved October 21, 2020 from Mergentonline.com
In-text citation - use the entry that points your reader to the correct report/source.
(Mergent, Inc., n.d -a.).