APA Citation Guide
Business Citations
This guide has rules adjusted for Prof. Jeppeson’s business courses!
If an online resource from a library database does not have a DOI, use a
retrieval statement that includes the date retrieved and the database used.
E.g. Retrieved September 25, 2013, from Business Source Premier.
Annual Report from Company Web Site
ExxonMobil Corporation. (2012). 2011 summary annual report. Retrieved April 27, 2015, from
http://thomson.mobular.net/thomson/7/3184/4612/document_0/SAR_032312_highrez.pdf
Documents from a Company Web Site
ExxonMobil Corp. (n.d.). Respecting human rights. Retrieved September 19, 2012, from
http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/community_rights_respect.aspx
Documents from a web site with no date and no authors listed
XOM: Key statistics for Exxon Mobil. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2012, from
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=XOM
Reports from library database such as Business Source Premier with no author listed
MarketLine. (2012, August). PCs industry profile: United States [Industry overview]. Retrieved
September 25, 2013, from Business Source Premier.
MarketLine. (2012, May 25). Warner Music Group Corp. [Company profile]. Retrieved
September 25, 2013, from Business Source Premier.
Report from library database with author listed
Tang, O. (2012, August). IBISWorld industry report 31134. Candy production in the US.
Retrieved May 15, 2013, from IBISWorld database.
Data from library database with no author listed
Mergent. (2007). Exxon Mobil, Corp. 2006 company financials as reported [Financial data].
Retrieved September 9, 2013, from Mergent Online.
Dun and Bradstreet. (n.d.). Westland Meat Co. Inc. profile [Company profile]. Retrieved
February 18, 2008, from D&B Million Dollar Database.
Article from database with a DOI
Baruch, Y., Budhwar, P. & Khatri, N. (2007, March). Brain drain: Inclination to stay abroad after
studies. Journal of World Business, 42(1), 99-112. doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2006.11.004
Article from business database with no DOI assigned
Kirsner, S. (2007, September 17). Amazon does downloads, sort of. Business Week. Retrieved
July 22, 2013, from Business Source Premier.
Industry/analyst report from print source (with author listed)
Vital, T. (2005, October 20). Oil & gas: Production & marketing. Standard and Poor’s Industry
Survey. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Quoting within your paper
For electronic sources that do not provide page numbers, use the paragraph number, if available,
preceded by the paragraph symbol or the abbreviation para. If neither paragraph nor page
numbers are visible, cite the heading and the number of the paragraph following it to direct the
reader to the location of the material.
(Myers, 2000, ¶ 5)
(Beutler, 2000, Conclusion section, para. 1)
Created by Anne Bradley and Kathryn Blackmer Reyes, CSU Sacramento Library. February 2006.Updated April 2015.