Citing Business Sources

These web sites give examples of how to cite various business resources.  If you would like to use an online citation management tool to help you properly format and manage your citations, try RefWorks.

• Babson College Library: IBISWorld.
  Examples of citing IBISWorld reports in APA and MLA. (Note that this is also their linking page to the IBISWorld database, but their link will not work for UST students.)
• Babson College Library: RMA eStatement Studies.
  Examples of citing RMA eStatement Studies in APA and MLA. (Note that this is also their linking page to the IBISWorld database, but their link will not work for UST students.)
• Citation for an eBook from NetLibrary in MLA and in APA. (College of St. Scholastica)
  How to cite electronic books from netLibrary.
• Citing Business Databases in APA Style. (UNC Greensboro)
  Examples of citing annual reports from a company website, Advertising Redbooks, Business Source Premier, EDGAR SEC filings, Euromonitor, Europa World, IBIS[World], Investext Plus, Lexis-Nexis, Mergent Online, National Trade Data Bank, Reference USA, and Standard & Poor's.
• Citing Electronic Resources [MLA Style]. (California State University, Sacramento)
  Includes examples of Factiva, Lexis-Nexis, netLibrary electronic books, ProQuest Newsstand, and (Business Source Premier) EBSCOhost.
• Citing Electronic Business Sources, based on APA Style. (UNC Charlotte - Word doc.)
  Includes examples from Investext Plus, Reference USA, [Simmons] Choices 3, SRDS Online, and Valueline.
• Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style. (University of Nevada, Reno)
  Includes examples of citing census data, Stat-USA material, and more.
• Citing Select Business Sources Using MLA Style. (Coastal Carolina University)
  Examples of citing an annual report, an association website, a company web site, a report on a company's intranet, company profiles, Datamonitor Reports from Business Source Premier, Investext, Mergent Online, Standard & Poor's, Statistical Abstract of the United States, stock exchanges online, and Valueline.
• Citing Online Sources Using APA Format. (University of Washington, Bothell)
  Examples include compay annual reports and 10Ks, financial reports, Euromonitor, Factiva, Investext Plus, and Lexis-Nexis.
• Citing Sources: Business Research Assistant. (University of Vermont)
  Examples from Factiva, Lexis-Nexis, and Mergent Online.  How to cite a page from an interactive database (Factiva or Mergent Online reports), EDGAR SEC filings, and personal communications.
• Citing Your Sources for Business Students. (Boston University)
  Includes examples for Business Source Premier, census reports, company annual reports through a database, Factiva, Investext Plus, Lexis-Nexis, Mediamark/MRI, Mergent Online, online dictionary entries, Standard & Poor's, SRDS Online, Valueline, and working papers.
• How to Cite...Business & Company Resource Center. (Randolph-Macon College)
  Examples for journal articles, newspaper articles, newswires, company profiles, investment reports, and more from this resource.  They also link to detailed examples for Lexis-Nexis and Factiva.

For more general information, see Citing Sources.

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Updated February 2008 mdh