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Citing Sources - Selected Web Guides
Chicago Style Manuals
The Chicago Manual of Style
(full text online)
Citation Quick Guide, a Chicago
Style Q&A and a Tools section featuring sample forms,
letters and style sheets. For full text click here.
The Chicago Manual of Style
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X Z253 U69 2003
The 15th edition includes significant new details on how to
cite electronic sources.
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X LB2369 T8 2007
The famous work by Kate Turabian, this latest edition has
been altered to conform with the guidelines set in The Chicago
Manual of Style.
Citation Guide (Harvard Business School)
http://library.hbs.edu/guides/citationguide.pdf
Footnotes and bibliographic citations for a variety of types of business print and online information sources, including charts, videos, e-mail, interviews, classroom discussions and more. Developed by and used at the Harvard Business School.
Sample Chicago Style citations for Pardee Library Resources
Chicago Style Sample Citations: Note- initially no indent and then following lines indented.
American Psychological Association (APA) Style Manuals
APAStyle.org Help
http://www.apastyle.org/apa-style-help.aspx
See helpful FAQ's
on this site.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X BF76.7 P83 2001
The official style manual for the APA.
The world's easiest guide to using the APA
Pardee Reference - General
Business Section
X BF76.7 P833 A46 1998
An authoritative and easy-to-use reference work by Carol Amato.
Sample APA Style citations for Pardee Library Resources
APA Sample Citations: Note-
initially no indent and then following lines indented.
Print Sources:
Book (Print):
Zollo, Peter (1999). Wise up to teens : Insights into marketing and
advertising to teenagers. Ithaca, N.Y. : New Strategist Publications.
S&P Industry Survey (Print Edition):
Standard & Poor's. (2007, November 29). Industry Surveys: Apparel
& Footwear. New York: Standard & Poor's.
Value Line (Print Edition):
Value Line. (2004, October 1). Sprint Corporation stock report. Value
Line Investment Surveys 60(5): 737. New York: Value Line, Inc.
Electronic Databases (BU Databases):
Bloomberg (Electronic Database):
Bloomberg L.P. (2004) Stock price graph for United Parcel Service
11/1/03 to 11/1/04. Retrieved November 2, 2004 from
Bloomberg terminal.
Datamonitor Company Profile via Business Source Complete:
Datamonitor. (2008, 24 August). Microsoft Corporation: Company Profile.
Retrieved May 1, 2008 from Business Source Complete, EBSCO.
Datamonitor Industry Reports via Business Source Complete:
Datamonitor (2008). Organic Food Industry Profile: United States.
Retrieved April 14, 2008 from Business Source Complete, EBSCO.
Hoover's Company Records via Lexis Nexis:
Hoover's Inc. (2008, April 15). Starbucks Corporation. Hoover's Company
Records - In - Depth Records. Retrieved April 21,
2008 from Lexis Nexis Academic database.
Mergent Online (Annual Report in BU database):
PepsiCo. Inc. (2000) 2000 Annual Report. Retrieved November
22, 2004 from Mergent Online database.
Mergent Online (SEC/EDGAR filing in BU database):
PepsiCo, Inc. (2003, October 28). Form S-8.
Retrieved October 21,
2004 from Mergent Online database.
Mintel Reports (Electronic Database):
Mintel. (2006). Car Rental - US - May 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2007 from Mintel
Reports database.
MRI+ Mediamark Internet Reporter (Electronic Database):
MRI+ Mediamark Internet Reporter, Mediamark Research, Inc. (Fall 2006) Product
Apparel/Accessories. Retrieved May 3, 2007 from MRI+ Internet Reporter
database.
Oxford Reference Online (Electronic Database):
A Dictionary of Business. (2002). Oxford University Press. Retrieved
October 21, 2004 from Oxford Reference Online database.
SRDS online (Electronic Database):
Time magazine profile. (2004). Consumer Magazine Advertising
Source. Retrieved November 22, 2004 from SRDS Media
Solutions database.
Articles from a BU Database:
ABI/Inform Global
Nitasha, T. (2007, August). Boomer Benefits as Workers Retire, Small Companies
Face a Talent Crunch." Inc, 29 (8), 44-47.
Retrieved July 30, 2007, from ABI Inform Global database.
Business Source Complete
Ritter, R. C. (2004). When Offshore Manufacturing Doesn't
Make Sense. McKinsey Quarterly, 4, 124. Retrieved March
14, 2005, from Business Source Complete database.
Factiva
Mathers, R., & Goodman, M. (2007, July 23). Your Top Challenges: Staffing, Pay,
Profitability. Accounting Today , 21 (13), 18. Retrieved August 11, 2007,
from Factiva database.
LexisNexis Academic
Bellmann, M. (2001, June). Freeing Managers to Innovate. Harvard Business
Review, 76(6), 32-33. Retrieved June 21, 1999, from LexisNexis Academic
database.
TableBase
Fugazy, D. (2001, February 5). E*Trade Leaves Nasdaq for the Big Board. Web
Finance,
5(3), 8-9. Retrieved June 2, 2001, from RDS TableBase.
Online Sources:
Census report available online:
United States Census Bureau. (2000). Census 2000 Summary File 4:
Households and Families: 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2004
from United States Census Web site: http://factfinder.census.gov
Working Paper available online:
Longstaff, F.A. (2003). Financial Claustrophobia: Asset
Pricing in Illiquid Markets (Working Paper No. 10411).
Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Retrieved October 21, 2004 from http://papers.nber.org/
papers/w10411
Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Manuals
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
X LB2369 G53 1995
Pardee Reference - General Business Section
The guidelines for MLA documentation style are found in this
work. MLA style is widely used by universities, academic presses,
and in the humanities subject areas.
Modern
Language Association -FAQ's
http://www.mla.org/publications/style_faq
The FAQ's answer recurring questions about the use of this
style.
Sample MLA Style citations for Pardee Library Resources
MLA Sample Citations: Note- initially no indent and then following lines indented.
Citing Sources - Selected Web Guides
Copyright and Citation
http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/ed/copyright.html#citing
This Boston University research guide offers links to information
about citing sources.
Citing
Sources Within Your Paper
http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/within/index.html
Duke University is responsible for this well-organized site
about citing in the body of your text.