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APA Citation Guide (APA 7th Edition): Government & Professional Organization Documents

Government & Professional Organization Documents

Note: If you are citing a page or article from a government website, see Citation examples for websites with individual or group author.

 

Government/Professional Organization Document from a Website

Reference List Citation

Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee. (Year of Publication). Title of document: Subtitle if given (Report or publication number, if given). Publisher Name if different from author. DocumentURL


Examples

College of Nurses of Ontario. (2023). Practice standard: Code of conduct (Pub. No. 49040)https://www.cno.org/globalassets/docs/prac/49040_code-of-conduct.pdf

Ministry of Indigenous Affairs. (2019). Walking together: Ontario's long-term strategy to end violence against Indigenous women. Queen's Printer for Ontario. https://files.ontario.ca/mi-2006_evaiw_report_for_tagging_final-s.pdf


Note: The specific agency responsible for the report appears as the author. The names of parent agencies not present in the group author name appear in the source element as the publisher. This creates concise in-text citations and complete reference list entries.

In-Text Citation: Quote

(Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee, Year, p. Page Number)


Examples

(College of Nurses of Ontario, 2023, p. 4)

(Ministry of Indigenous Affairs, 2019, Complex Roots section, p. 10)

Note: When there are no visible page numbers, you may cite the section heading and the number of the paragraph in that section to identify where your quote came from.

In-Text Citation: Paraphrase

(Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee, Year)


Examples

(College of Nurses of Ontario, 2023)

(Ministry of Indigenous Affairs, 2019)

Government/Professional Organization Document in Print

References List Citation

Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee. (Year of Publication). Title of document: Subtitle if given (edition if given and is not first edition). Publisher Name if different from author.


Example

Ministry of Education. (2018). EarlyON child and family centre: Great beginnings inspire great possibilities. Queen's Printer for Ontario.

In-Text Citation: Quote

(Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee, Year, p. Page Number)


Example

(Ministry of Education, 2018, p. 12)

In-Text Citation: Paraphrase

(Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee, Year)


Example

(Ministry of Education, 2018)

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