APA - American Psychological Association
Citing Sources within Your Document
Technical and Research Reports
Note: Following are the formatting rules for some of the more common types of reports you may need to document. APA also offers formats for reports from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), from government reports not available from the GPO and from private organizations.
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Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if any. (Year of Publication). Title of report (Number Assigned to the Report). Place of Publication: Publishing Agency, Department, Office, or Institute.
Example:
Favat, F. A. (1977). Child and tale: The origins of interest. (NCTE Research Rep. No. 19). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
2. Government Printing Office (GPO) Reports
Format:
Name of Group Author. (Year of Publication). Title of report (Number Assigned to the Report). Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office.
Example:
National Advisory Mental Health Council. (1995). Basic behavioral science research for mental health: A national investment. (NIH Publication No. 95-3682). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if any. (Year of Publication). Title of report (Report Number). Place of Publication: University and Specific Department Publishing the Report.
Example:
Iran-Nejad, A., Clore, G.L., & Vondruska, R.J. Affect: A functional perspective (Tech. Rep. No. 222). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, Center for the Study of Reading.