Unlike articles and books, business database information can be hard to cite properly. Here a few typical examples of resources you might use for this course.
Note that references should be double-spaced, just as the text of the paper is.
MLA Format: [note: first date shown below is the publication date of
report; second is the date accessed by the user]
Davis, Jessica. "Resellers Tell Apple They Want the
iPad." Channel Insider 28
Jan. 2010: 1.
Business Source Complete. Web.
22 Feb. 2010.
Euromonitor. “Retailing
– Egypt.”
Global Market Information Database. Euromonitor International,
3 Mar. 2009. Web. 19 Feb.
2010.
Hoover's.
International Business Machines: Fact Sheet. Hoover’s, Inc. 1 May 2009. Web.
20 Feb. 2010.
Simmons Market Research Bureau. Simmons National Consumer Survey. Simmons MRB, 2006.
CD-ROM. 3 Mar. 2009.
Valero Energy Corporation. Summary Annual Report. Valero Energy Corporation, 2008. Web.
22 Feb. 2010.
APA Format
(Note that the inclusion of the database from which an article is retrieved is not required in the latest APA manual, but it is highly recommended as an aid in locating the article for your professor.)
Davis, J. (2010, January 28). Resellers tell Apple they want
the iPad. Channel Insider, 1. Retrieved from
Business Source Complete database.
Euromonitor. (2009, March 3). “Retailing – Egypt.”
Retrieved from Global Market Information Database.
Hoover's,
Inc. (2009). International Business Machines: Fact Sheet.
Retrieved May 1, 2009 from
Hoover's database.
Simmons Market Research Bureau. (2006). Simmons national consumer
survey. [CD-ROM]. Deerfield
Beach, FL: Simmons Market
Research.
Valero Energy
Corporation. (2008) Summary annual report.
Retrieved from http://www.valero.com.