ECON 214: Public Finance (HC)

Policy research can take many forms, including government agency reports, white papers, journal articles, and other formats. The examples in this box show how to cite government reports in APA and Chicago styles. Always check for authorship, publication date, and report titles to build a complete citation.

APA

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

• In-text citation: (National Cancer Institute, 2019)

Chicago

U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2019. Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2019. GAO-20-1SP. Washington D.C. https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/702715.pdf.

• In-text citation: (U.S. Government Accountability Office 2019)

Example reference list entry

Rybaczewska, M., & Sparks, L. (2022). Ageing consumers and e-commerce activities. Ageing and Society, 42(8), 1879–1898. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001932

Example in-text citation

• Parenthetical citation: (Rybaczewska & Sparks, 2022)
• Narrative citation: Rybaczewska and Sparks (2022)

Author-Date example reference list entry

Kwon, Hyeyoung. 2022. “Inclusion Work: Children of Immigrants Claiming Membership in Everyday Life.” American Journal of Sociology 127 (6): 1818–59. https://doi.org/10.1086/720277.

Example in-text citation

• Parenthetical citation: (Kwon 2022, 1842–43)
• Narrative citation: Kwon (2022, 1842–43)