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Business Citation Guide: Government Documents

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

Government Documents

Type Example
Works Cited List Citation

Note 1: When including a URL in your citation, copy the full URL but do not include http:// or https://. Avoid using links generated by services like bit.ly, as they are very likely to change and not work at a later date.

Title of Document: Subtitle if Given. Edition if given and is not first edition, Name of Government Department, Agency or Committee, Publication Date, URL. 

Example:

Big Data and Innovation: Key themes for Competition Policy in Canada. Competition Bureau of Canada, 19 Feb. 2018, www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/vwapj/CB-Report-BigData-Eng.pdf/$file/CB-Report-BigData-Eng.pdf. 

In-Text Citation Example

(Title of Document Page Number if Document has Pagination)

Example:

(Big Data 6)

Note 2: You can use a shortened form of the title by listing the first word or words of the full title.

 

Type Example
Works Cited List Citation

Title of Document: Subtitle if Given. Edition if given and is not first edition, Name of Government Department, Agency or Committee, Publication Date.

Example:

 Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report. 7th ed., Statistics Canada, 2015.

In-Text Citation Example

 (Title Page Number)

Example:

(Women in Canada 4)

Note: You can use a shortened form of the title by listing the first word or words of the full title.