Basic Print Format

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of report (Report No. xxx). Location: Publisher.

Basic Online Format

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of report (Report No. xxx). Retrieved from URL

Example

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2005).

     Managing asthma during pregnancy: Recommendations for pharmacologic treatment (NIH Publication No. 05-5236). Retrieved

     from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/astpreg/astpreg_full.pdf

Basic Print Format

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of dissertation or thesis (Doctoral dissertation or master's thesis). Name of Institution, Location.

Example

Grammer, R. (2010). The effects of an exercise program on young girls' self-perceptions (Master's thesis). Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Note: You do not need to give the publisher location if it is part of the university name.

Basic Format if Retrieved from a Database

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of dissertation or thesis (Doctoral dissertation or master's thesis). Retrieved from Name of database.

     (Accession or Order No.)

Example

Jordan-Seay, S. (2010). Registered nurses' knowledge about and recognition of displaced tracheotomy tubes in patients with

     unobstructed upper airways (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from CINAHL. (UMI No. AAI3411019)

For more information on citing sources that are not listed in this LibGuide, please refer to pages 193-224 of the APA Manual.