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APA 7 Resource Center: Government Publications & Legal Documents

Government Publications / Government Agency Reports

Special Notes:
  • The specific agency responsible for the report appears as the group / organization author.
  • The names of parent agencies not present in the group author name appear in the source element as the publisher. 
  • If they are the same, the organization name only appears as the author. Do not repeat it.

Government Publication / Agency Reports

Basics:
Author Date Title (SOURCE) Periodical Information (SOURCE) URL
Agency Name     

(2020).

(2020, August).

(2020, August 15).      

 Title of report. (Publication number if present). Name of Parent Agency, 3-18.

n/a for print

https://doi.org/xxxx

https://xxx.xxxx
Examples:

National Air and Space Intelligence Center. (2018, December). Competing in space. U. S. Department of Defense. https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jan/16/2002080386.pdf

Legal Documents

Legal documents, such as court cases, statutes, and regulations, can be incredibly confusing. the APA Publication Manual recommends following the guidelines set forth in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, the go-to citation guide for for law professionals.

The GHC Library has a copy housed at the Floyd library, and we recommend the following websites for citation help and examples:

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