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Business Citation Guide: Instructor's Slides, Handouts, and Lecture Notes

This guide provides examples for citing business resources in APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles.

Instructor's Slides, Handouts, & Lecture Notes

Type Example
Reference List Citation

Note: This recommendation follows the advice provided in Section 10.8 Unpublished Works and Informally Published Works in the APA 7th edition manual (p. 335).

 

Instructor's Last Name, A. A. (Year, Month Date of presentation). Course code: Title of presentation [Format]. eClass or Schulich - Canvas. URL of Learning Management System

Example:

Valente, M. (2021, September 9). MGMT 1030: Lecture 1 [PowerPoint Slides]. Schulich - Canvas. https://schulich.instructure.com/ 

In-Text Citation: Quote

Example:

(Valente, 2021, slide 2)

In-Text Citation: Paraphrase

Example:

(Valente, 2021)

 

Type Example
Reference List Citation

Note: This recommendation follows the advice provided in Section 10.8 Unpublished Works and Informally Published Works in the APA 7th edition manual (p. 335).

 

Instructor's Last Name, A. A. or Group Author Name. (Year, Month Date of handout). Course code: Title of handout [Format]. eClass or Schulich - Canvas. URL of Learning Management System

Example:

Gordon, I. (2021, September 16). ADMS 3220: Assignment 1 guidelines [PDF]. eClass. https://eclass.yorku.ca/ 

In-Text Citation: Quote

Example:

(Gordon, 2021, par. 5)

In-Text Citation: Paraphrase

Example:

(Gordon, 2021)

 

Type Example
Reference List Citation

Note: This recommendation follows the advice provided in Section 10.8 Unpublished Works and Informally Published Works in the APA 7th edition manual (p. 335).

 

Instructor's Last Name, A. A. or Group Author Name. (Year, Month Date of handout). Course code: Title of handout [Format]. 

Example:

Quail, S. (n.d.). HRM 2600: Library resources session [Class handout]

Note: Use n.d. if the handout does not have a date on it. 

In-Text Citation: Quote

Example:

(Quail, n.d., par. 2)

In-Text Citation: Paraphrase

Example:

(Quail, n.d.)

 

Type Example
Note

Your own notes from a lecture are considered personal communications in APA style. They are cited within the text of your assignment, but do not get an entry on the References list. Put the citation right after a quote or paraphrased content from the class lecture.

Example 1 - Parenthetical In-Text Citation "Researching private companies can be a difficult process because they are not required to submit filings with exchange commissions" (A. An, personal communication, October 5, 2014).

Example 2 - Narrative In-Text Citation

Note: If the name of the person who provided the information is mentioned in the sentence leading into the quote or paraphrased content, you do not need to repeat it in the in-text citation.

A. An explained that "researching private companies can be a difficult process because they are not required to submit filings with exchange commissions" (personal communication, October 5, 2014).