Report from a private organization (APA)

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Reference list entry

Atwood, B., Beam, M., Hindman, D. B., Hindman, E. B., Pintak, L., & Shors, B. (2012, May 25). The Murrow Rural Information Initiative: Final report. Pullman: Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University.

Ford Foundation. (2012, November). Eastern Africa. Retrieved from http://www.fordfoundation.org/pdfs/library/Eastern-Africa-brochure-2012.pdf

Wan, G. (2012). Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/events/Urbanization-in-Asia.cfm

Explain

  • When the organization is the author, begin with the name of the organization.
  • If a person is named as the author, begin with that person. For a print source, give the organization as publisher at the end. For a web source, give the URL for the report at the end.
  • If the publisher and the author are the same, for a print source use “Author” in the publisher position at the end of the entry. For a web source, give the URL.
  • If the report has a number, put it in parentheses following the title.

Note on breaking URLs and DOIs

  • If you must break a URL or a DOI at the end of a line, break it after a double slash or before any other mark of punctuation.
  • Do not add a hyphen.
  • Do not put a period at the end of the entry.
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