What's the right way?
There isn't an official style for business citations, so this guide will adapt APA, MLA, and Chicago in order to offer recommendations on how to cite common business sources. APA and Chicago are generally used in Business writing and your professor may have a preferred citation method outlined in your syllabus. As always, check with your professor for their citation preferences.
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Other Business Citation Guides
The following guides along with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, the MLA Handbook, The Chicago Manual of Style, and A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers helped to inform the suggestions made in this Library Guide.
You may find there is not a general consensus in some places and that's okay; welcome to the scholarly conversation about citations!
- APA 7th Edition for Business SourcesSchemm, N., Dellenbach, M., Grisham, Z., Hageman, M., Tingle, N., Trowbridge, M., & Wheatley, A. (2020). APA 7th ed. citation for business sources. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1veLJSdekzRnWIt1N3rwhLIFe7U43gMrgfJ40CiavAhQ/edit
- Citing Business Databases & Government Data in APA FormatCramer, S. (2024, January 3). Citing business databases & government data in APA format. https://uncg.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=12824463
- Citing Tables, Graphs, and Maps in APA StyleCramer, S. (2022, June). Citing tables, graphs, and maps in APA style. https://uncg.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=27742368
- Youngstown University: MLA Business Citations"Citing Business Sources: MLA Business Citations." Citing Business Sources. Youngstown University William F. Maag Jr. Library, 10 Sept. 2023.
- Anderson School of Management's Citing Business Sources (Chicago)"Citing Business Sources." UCLA Anderson School of Management, August 4, 2020. https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/rosenfeld-library/citing-business-sources
- Harvard Business School Citation Guide (Chicago)"Harvard Business School Citation Guide." Baker Library/Bloomberg Center, September 2023. https://www.library.hbs.edu/citations/hbs-citation-guide
Salisbury University Citation Guide
- Salisbury University Library Citation GuideFor more citation information, please see the SU Citation Guide!