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APA 7 Reference Examples

Business Source Complete - Country Report

Country Report

Template

Publisher. (year, Month day). Report title: Subtitle.

Example

IHS Economics and Country Risk. (2016, February 29). Country reports: Mexico.

 

Business Source Complete SWOT

SWOT Analysis

Template

Publisher. (year, Month day). Report title: Subtitle.

Example

Marketline. (2016, January 14). Company profile: TELUS Corporation

Capital IQ

Template

Publisher. [Stock market:STOCK SYMBOL]. Report title. Database. Retrieved Month day, year from url

Example

S&P, Inc. [NasdaqGS:AMZN]. Public company profile: Capital IQ. Retrieved May 08, 2020  from https://www.standardandpoors.com

Note

When there is a chance the information may change include Retrieved from; retrieval date and url.

Cardonline Database

Template

Publisher (year, Month day). Publication. Database. Retrieved from url.

Example

Postmedia Network. (2020, May 21). The Vancouver Sun. Cardonline. Retrieved from https://www.cardonline.ca

Note

As there is a date of retrieval keep the "Retrieved from" statement

CPA Canada Accounting & Assurance /taxation collections

Template

Publisher. (year) Uniform title. Title. url

Example

International Accounting Standards Board. (2020). Consolidated Financial Statements (IFRS 10). International financial reporting standards. https://www.knotia.ca

EDGAR

Template

Company. (year). Title. Database. Retrieved from url

Example

Facebook Inc. (2019). Form 10-K 2019. Facebook Inc. EDGAR. Retrieved from https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680120000013/ fb-12312019x10k.htm

 

Films on Demand

Template

Name of producer. (Producer). (year). Title of film. [Video]. url

Example

Films for the Humanities & Sciences. (Producer). (2014). Social media for business marketing [Video]. https://fod.infobase.com/

Note:

The video is unique to Films on Demand. (APA, 7th ed., p. 344, example 90).

Harvard Business Publishing Student Success - Cases

Template

Author, Initial(s), Author, Initial(s), & Author, Initial(s).. (year). Title: Subtitle. (HBS No. XXX-XXXX).. Database name. url

Example

Srinivasan, S., Lorsch, J.W., & Pitcher, Q. (2017). Uber in 2017: One bumpy ride. (HBS No. 9-117-0700). Harvard Business Publishing. https://hbsp.harvard.edu/cases

 

Harvard Business Publishing Student Success - Core Collection

Template

Author, Initial(s). (year). Case title: Subtitle. (Rev ed.) Database name. url

Example

Gupta, S. (2019). Marketing reading: Segmentation and targeting. (Rev ed.) Harvard Business Publishing. https://hbsp.harvard.edu

IBISWorld

Template

Author, Initial(s). (yeara, Month) Database report no. Title of report:. Database. Retrieved Month day, year from database url.

Example

Alvarez, A. (2017a, January). IBISWorld industry report 72211CA: Full service restaurants in Canada. IBISWorld. Retrieved February 3, 2017 from https://www.ibisworld.com

Alvarez, A. (2017b, January). IBISWorld industry report OD4320: Pizza restaurants in the US. IBISWorld. Retrieved February 3, 2017 from https://www.ibisworld.com

Note: Two or more works by the same author in the same year: If you have two articles written by the same author in the same year, use lower-case letters (a,b,etc.) with the year in the reference list. Use the lower-case letters with the year in the in-text citation.

Add a retrieval date as content changes over time and pages are not archived (page 290). Databases with propriety content italicize the title of the database and include the url of the database (APA 9.34)

Market Share Reporter

Template

Title. (year). In book database (number of ed.) database url

Example

Largest tire dealerships in North America, 2014. (2016). In Market Share Reporter (26th ed.). https://www.gale.com

Passport - Report

Template

Publisher. (year, Month). Title of report: Subtitle. Database. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

Euromonitor International. (2016, June). Beer in Canada: Country report. Passport. Retrieved July 10, 2016 from https://www.euromonitor.com


 

Passport - Statistics

Template

Publisher (year). Data title [explanation of table]. Database. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

Euromonitor International. (2016). Statistics for market size of beer in Canada [US$/year-on-year exchange rates/current prices, 2006-2015]. Passport. Retrieved July 10, 2016 from https://www.euromonitor.com

Note

The information appearing in brackets (exchange rate, value) has been included because it will help others to retrieve these statistics in Passport. If the data set has not date include the retrieval date.

PRIZM Marketer's Guide

Template

Publisher. (year). Book title. url

Example

Environics Analytics Group. (2020). PRIZM marketer’s guide. https://environicsanalytics.com

Proquest

Template

Publisher. (year, Month). Title of report: Subtitle.

Example

GlobalData. (2019, March). Starbucks Corp (SBUX): Financial and strategic SWOT analysis review.

Sedar Database

Template

Company name. (year). Title of report: Subtitle. database url

Example

Canadian National Railway. (2009). Annual report: Ready for the recovery. https://www.sedar.com

Simply Analytics - Data

Template

Publisher. (date). [Data description]. database url.

Example

SimplyAnalytics. (n.d.). [Average total expenditure on cigarettes, 2016, and percentage of population who are immigrants, 2016, for Vancouver CMA, British Columbia, and Canada]. https://simplyanalytics.com

Simply Analytics - Map

Template

Publisher. (year). [Map description]. database url

Example

SimplyAnalytics. (n.d.). [Map with average total expenditure by men on athletic footwear in 2016 by dissemination area for Victoria, BC (CSD)]. https://simplyanalytics.com

Note

Here is an example of a figure caption

Figure Caption

Figure 3. Average total expenditure by men on athletic footwear in 2016 by dissemination area for Victoria, BC (CSD). Map created by SimplyAnalytics, using household spending data in Victoria by census subdivisions, 2011. https://simplyanalytics.com

Simply Analytics - Table

A table reproduced from a SimplyAnalytics Report

Template

Publisher. (year). [Describe title of report created]. Retrieved from database url

Example

SimplyAnalytics. (n.d.). [Population by citizenship in Metro Vancouver]. Retrieved from https://simplyanalytics.com

Table note

Note: Reprinted from a Standard Report created by SimplyAnalytics using population by citizenship data for the census metro area of Vancouver BC, 2011. https://simplyanalytics.com

Notes

Consecutively number each table and title.

Statista - Data from Another Source

Template

Association name (year). Title of report [helpful information such as currency]. Database name. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

North American Pet Health Insurance Association (n.d.). Accident and illness insurance premium for cats and dogs in Canada from 2013 to 2016 [in Canadian dollars]. Statista. Retrieved January 7, 2018 from https://www.statista.com

Note

When there is a chance the information may change: include Retrieved, retrieval date and database url.

Statista - Graph

Template

Publisher (year). Title of graph [Country] [years described by graph]. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

Statista (n.d.). Price per unit in the alcoholic drinks market in US dollars [Canada] [2010 – 2021 (projected)]. Retrieved January 7, 2018 from https://www. statista.com

Note

When there is a chance the information may change: include Retrieved, retrieval date and url

Vividata - Data From A Report

Template

Publisher. (year, report period). [Description of the data]. [Data set]. Database name. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

Vividata. (2018, Spring). [Candy/snacks – chewing gum – prsnlly chewed past 6 mths, age 14+ by generation]. [Data set]. Vividata - Study of the Canadian Consumer. Retrieved May 5, 2019 from https://vividata.ca/

Note: 3 surveys per year are conducted, so include the season after the year.  

 

 

 

Vividata - Table Note

Table Note

Note: Reprinted [Candy/snacks – chewing gum – prsnlly chewed past 6 mths, age 14+ by generation] by Vividata - Study of the Canadian Consumer, https://vividata.ca/ Copyright Spring 2018, Vividata

Note

The title provided within the source is ambiguous, so you need to construct a more specific one within square brackets. Include details required to direct your reader to the right table: base, report type, product type, etc. Use sentence-style capitalization (APA 9.21 p. 293). Do not use italics in cases where you are providing a description rather than a title. Provide the URL of the publisher’s home page (in this case Vividata).

Do not provide the direct URL to the data.