Library: AIU Citation Examples

Reminder: Pay attention to italics and capitalization. In your reference list, every line after the first line should be indented.

Online Technical Reports or Court Documents from the Government:

Reference Format and Example

Name of Government Agency. (Date). Title of publication in italics (Publication No. #). URL of source

United States General Accounting Office. (2012). Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Preliminary observations on fraud-prevention controls (Publication No. GAO 12-402). http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/587925.pdf

Note: If the issuing organization assigns a number to the publication, include the number in parentheses immediately after the title.

In-text Citation Format and Example

Parenthetical citation: (Agency Name, Year).

(United States General Accounting Office, 2012).

Narrative citation: Agency Name (Year)

United States General Accounting Office (2012)

Notes:

If citing from the agency source more than once, and if you are abbreviating the agency name, use the full name followed by the abbreviation the first time you cite from it.

Example

Parenthetical citation: (United States General Accounting Office [GAO], 2012)

Narrative citation: United States General Accounting Office (GAO, 2012)

The second and subsequent times you cite from the agency source, use the abbreviation only.

Example

Parenthetical citation: (GAO, 2012)

Narrative citation: GAO (2012)

Online Technical Non-Government Reports:

Reference Format and Example

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Publication name (Research Report No. #). Website Name. Website URL

Maliti, E., & Mnenwa, R. (2011). Affordability and expenditure patterns for electricity and kerosene in urban households in Tanzania (Research Report No. GAO 11/2). Research on Poverty Alleviation. http://www.repoa.or.tz/documents/RR_11_2.pdf

Note: In the retrieval statement, identify the publisher if they are different than the author of the report.

In-text Citation Format and Example

Parenthetical citation: (Last Nae, Year).

(Maliti & Mnenwa, 2011).

Narrative citation: Last Name (Year)

Maliti and Mnenwa (2011)

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