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APA Referencing

Reports

 

 

Today, many reports produced by governments or other organisations are accessed online, though paper copies are often still produced. Older reports were produced only on paper and may or may not have been made accessible online subsequently.

A paper version of a report can be referenced just like a book. In the case of government reports from the UK, the publisher may be the department which published it, or may be The Stationery Office, which publishes many UK Government documents. In the case of other organisations, the publisher of the report is likely to be the organisation that produced it, and the publisher would be given as “Author”. Reports often feature corporate authors, such as a government department or an organisation such as the British Psychological Society. If the report is under the auspices of a larger organisation, that organisation is given (in non-italics) after the italicised report title.

An online version of a report can be referenced just like a website. See examples below.

 

UK Government department as the author of report, paper version

 

Reference: UK Department of Health. (2010). Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our Strategy for Public Health in England. The Stationary Office.

Citation: (UK Department of Health, 2010)

UK Government department as the author of report, accessed online

Reference: UK Department of Health. (2010). Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our Strategy for Public Health in England. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-lives-healthy-people-our-strategy-for-public-health-in-england.

Citation: (UK Department of Health, 2010)

Task force or working group as author of report, accessed online

In this example, the task force is working under the auspices of a larger organisation, who are also credited after the report’s title.

Reference: APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. (2007). Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report-full.pdf

Citation: (APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, 2007)…

Other organisation as author of report, paper version

Division of Clinical Psychology. (2016). Understanding Hoarding: When Our Relationship with Possessions Goes Wrong. British Psychological Society.

 

As above but accessed online

As the Division of Clinical Psychology is a subdivision of the British Psychological Society, the latter is credited after the report’s title.

Division of Clinical Psychology. (2016). Understanding Hoarding: When Our Relationship with Possessions Goes Wrong. British Psychological Society. https://www1.bps.org.uk/system/files/user-files/Division%20of%20Clinical%20Psychology/public/understanding_hoarding_web.pdf