Skip to Main Content

BUSN - Citing Business Sources

Books, Articles, and News Items

Books & Book Chapters, print

 

One author Book - Print

DesJardins, J. R. (2007). Business, ethics, and the environment: Imagining a sustainable future. Prentice

Hall.

In-text citation: (DesJardins, 2007)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 321, #21)

Book, print, edited

Weisband, S. (Ed.). (2008). Leadership at a distance: Research in technologically-supported work.

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

In-text citation: (Weisband, 2008)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 322, #25)

Edition of a printed book

Harris, L. A. (2001). Canadian copyright law (3rd Cdn. ed.). McGraw Hill Ryerson.

In-text citation: (Harris, 2001)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 322, #25 & p. 321, #20)

Article/Chapter in an edited book

Livingstone, D. W., & Wilson, O. (2011). Auto workers’ learning in lean production. In V. Shalla (Ed.),

Working in a global era: Canadian perspectives (pp. 73-95). Canadian Scholars’ Press, Inc.

In-text citation: (Livingstone & Wilson, 2011)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 326, #39)

 

Electronic books

 

Electronic book retrieved from an online library like EBook Central

Hall, S. (2005). Peace and freedom: The civil rights and antiwar movements in the 1960s. Penn Press.

In-text citation: (Hall, 2005)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 321, #21)

Chapter in an edited book, retrieved from an online library like EBook Central

Rutkowski, K. (2010). Best practices in logistics and supply chain management: The case of Central and

Eastern Europe. In D. J. Waters (Ed.), Global logistics: New directions in supply chain

management (6th ed., pp. 14-30). Kogan Page Ltd.

In-text citation: (Rutkowski, 2010)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 326, #39)

Electronic book retrieved through an e-reader such as Kindle, Kobo, Sony etc.

Hillenbrand, L. (2010). Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption. Random

House.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=unbroken+a+world+war+II+story+of+survival+resilience+and+re

demption&i=stripbooks-intl-ship&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

In-text citation: (Hillenbrand, 2010)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 322, #22)

Online encyclopedia

Parsa, H. (2010). Internal marketing. In A. Pizam (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Hospitality

Management (May 2010 ed.). Routledge.

https://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781856177146/

In-text citation: (Parsa, 2010)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 328, #48)

Journal, trade and magazine articles Print

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 316-321)

Journal article, print

Patelli, L., & Pedrini, M. (2015). Is tone at the top associated with financial reporting aggressiveness?

Journal of Business Ethics, 126(1), 3-19.

In-text citation: (Patelli & Pedrini, 2015)

Article in trade publication

Trebilcock, B. (2014, December). What’s your supply chain priority? Supply Chain Management Review,

18(7), 6-9.

In-text citation: (Trebilcock, 2014)

Magazine article, print

Brown, M. (2015, January). Know why you’re spinning off a business. Canadian Business, 88(1), 35.

In-text citation: (Brown, 2015)

For magazines, newsletters, and newspapers give the year and exact date of the publication (month or month and day). If the date is given as a season, give the year and the season (APA, 2020b, p. 289).

 

Journal, trade, and magazine articles - Electronic

Journal article, open access

Smith, R. M., Sardeshmukh, S. R., & Syed, I. (2019, October 29). Building self-efficacy for entrepreneurial

careers: New resource skill. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 29(3), 1-15.

https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/jsbs/article/view/1267/1130

In-text citation: (Smith et al., 2019)

Journal article, retrieved from a database, with a DOI

(Databases may include: ABI Inform Complete, Business Source Complete, Environment Complete, EconLit, ScienceDirect, JSTOR, CBCA Complete, etc.)

Dunes, M., & Pras, B. (2013). Practices in the brand management system: Identification and

considerations for five business sectors. The Journal of Product and Brand Management, 22(7),

444-461. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-09-2013-0396

In-text citation: (Dunes & Pras, 2013)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 299, 9.35)

Journal article, retrieved from a database, without a DOI

(Databases may include: ABI Inform Complete, Business Source Complete, Environment Complete, EconLit, ScienceDirect, JSTOR, CBCA Complete, etc.)

Hollier, G., Blankenship, D., & Jones, I. (2013). College business students’ attitudes towards ethics.

Journal of Business & Behavioral Sciences, 25(1), 54-68.

In-text citation: (Hollier et al., 2013)

“For works without DOIs from most academic research databases, do not include a URL or database information in the reference (APA, 2020b, p. 299).

Trade publication, retrieved from a database

Hyter, M. C., & Tapia, A. (2015). Can you teach emotional intelligence? Chief Learning Officer,

14(1), 34-37.

In-text citation: (Hyter & Tapia, 2015)

“For works without DOIs from most academic research databases, do not include a URL or database information in the reference (APA, 2020b, p. 299).

Magazine article, retrieved from a database

Keene, D. (2013, June). Where now for wireless? In a growing market, ample room for new solutions.

Digital Signage Magazine, 8(3), 18-21.

In-text citation: (Keene, 2013)

“For works without DOIs from most academic research databases, do not include a URL or database information in the reference (APA, 2020b, p. 299).

Magazine article, online, open access

Brown, J. (2019, April 9). A star is reborn: Albertas super channel keeps punching through its rocky

comeback. Alberta Venture. https://www.albertaventure.com/a-star-is-reborn-albertas-super-

channel-keeps-punching-through-its-rocky-comeback/2/2824

In-text citation: (Brown, 2019)

“For works without DOIs from websites (not including databases), provide a URL in the reference (APA, 2020b, p. 299).

Blog Posts

Nowak, P. (2015, January 7). Why the Apple watch will fail: Even a niche success is a failure for a

company like Apple. Canadian Business. https://www.canadianbusiness.com/blogs-and-

comment/why-the-apple-watch-will-fail/

In-text citation: (Nowak, 2015)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 320, #17)

______________________________________

Freakonomics. (2014, March 6). The relationship between hearing and memory. Freakonomics.

http://freakonomics.com/2014/03/06/the-relationship-between-hearing-and-memory/

In-text citation: (Freakonomics, 2014)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 320, #17)

News items

Newspaper article, print

Tait, C. (2015, January 9). Oil prices fall below several producers’ supply costs. Globe and Mail, A7.

In-text citation: (Tait, 2015)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 320, #16)

Newspaper article, retrieved from newspaper’s website

Kemp, J. (2015, January 9). What went wrong with the great commodity boom? Financial Post.

https://business.financialpost.com/investing/what-went-wrong-with-the-great-commodity-

boom

In-text citation: (Kemp, 2015)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 320, #16)

Newspaper article, retrieved electronically through a database

Kaskey, J., & Donville, C. (2014, October 18). Fertilizer giants call off merger; were an obstacle, analyst

says. Calgary Herald, C7.

In-text citation: (Kaskey & Donville, 2014)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 317, #3)

Letter to the editor (newspaper)

Moore, J. (2015, January 2). Oil prices need intervention [Editorial]. Globe and Mail.

In-text citation: (Moore, 2015)

Online Press Release/Media Release

MIT Sloan School of Management. (2017, April 13). Statistical approach to clinical trials may accelerate

cancer drug development process [Press release]. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-

releases/statistical-approach-to-clinical-trials-may-accelerate-cancer-drug-development-

process-300439010.html

In-text citation: (MIT Sloan School of Management, 2017)

For further information: (APA, 2020, p. 331, #59)

When you find press releases on an organization’s own website without a specific author …, you can assume the organization to be the author. Press releases may also be indexed on commercial distribution services, such as PRNewswire. However, PR Newswire is not the author of the release; it is the publisher—the author is actually indicated at the bottom of the release (Lee, 2010, para. 2-3).