Library: AIU Citation Examples

*Reminders: Pay attention to italics and capitalization. When listed a citation in your reference list, every line after the first should be indented in (as shown).

Online Technical Reports or Court Documents from the Government:

Reference Format and Example

Name of Government Agency. (2012). 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

(Agency Name, Year, p. #).

(United States General Accounting Office [GAO], 2012, p. 3).

Note: If using the citation more than once, use an abbreviation for the in-text citations after the first:

(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

(Author(s) last name(s), Year, p. #).

(Maliti & Mnenwa, 2011, pp. 15-16).

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