The APA Style Guide for Business Sources has been modified from the APA Manual of Style (7th ed.) for Sheridan's Pilon School of Business students. Your professor may have different citing expectations than the rules outlined below. Always check at the beginning of term and before starting assignments that the citing rules you are using are appropriate for your class.
Referencing a Report
PrivCo. (n.d.). McCain Foods Limited. https://system-privco-com.library.sheridanc.on.ca/company/mccain-foods-limited/
In-text paraphrase
Note: If you are citing more than one report from the same year, see the Tips page for help.
Referencing a journal article
Harris, R. (2013). All jacked... down? Canadian Grocer, 127(3), 18-19. http://search.proquest.com/docview/1355505126?accountid=3455
Saunders, D. (2015, August 25). China's fever, everyone's disease. The Globe and Mail, p. A12. http://search.proquest.com/docview/1706394434?accountid=3455
Hoover's Company Records. (2020). Shoppers food warehouse corp. ProQuest Central. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1860782660?accountid=3455
SimplyAnalytics. (2019). Total Population in Toronto Metro Census 2019[Data set]. Environics. http://app.simplyanalytics.com
SimplyAnalytics. (2019). [Map of Toronto metro census with family income $200,000 and over]. Environics. http://app.simplyanalytics.com
For more information and examples, see: How do I cite SimplyMap data?
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. (May 27, 2020). Agri-food and seafood imports from Canada to China from 2015 to 2019 (in billion Canadian dollars) [Graph]. Statista. https://www-statista-com.library.sheridanc.on.ca/statistics/659940/china-agri-food-imports-from-canada/
How to cite a table in Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada. (2020). Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle, last 5 months (StatscanTable: 14-10-0287-01). Retrieved September 14, 2020, from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410028701
Click "save my customization" to generate a URL that you can use in your reference, shown as below screenshot.
Zekauskas, J. (2020, March 10). Albemarle Corporation: J.P. Morgan conference takeaways [Analyst report]. Thomson ONE. https://www.refinitiv.com/en
Vividata. (2020). [Candy/snacks – chewing gum – prsnlly chewed past 6 mths, age 14+ by generation] [Data set]. Retrieved August 13, 2020 from https://vividata.dapresy.com
Notes:
Rais T., Arakji T. (2020). Nestlé Fitness: Keep Going. WARC. https://www-warc-com.library.sheridanc.on.ca/content/article/warc-prize-mena/nestle-fitness-keep-going/132606
Loblaw Companies Limited. (2019). 2019 Annual report. https://s1.q4cdn.com/326961052/files/doc_financials/2019/ar/6573_LCL_ENG_AR2019_Complete_AODA.pdf
Loblaw Companies Limited. (2016). Purpose & values. https://www.loblaw.ca/en/about-us/mission---values.html
To see many more examples, and to get more help, please refer to one of the official APA Style websites below.
Common Terms
APA - American Psychological Association. APA style guide.
Annotated Bibliography
A bibliography with a brief description and/or evaluation of each source listed. See Purdue OWL for more information and help.
Cite/Citing
Giving credit or referencing the sources of information that have contributed to your work. Any ideas that are quoted, summarized, paraphrased must be cited, and any images, charts, graphics, tables. etc.
Corporate author
A web site, article or other information source published by an organization or corporation, with no individual author (writer) name provided.
DOI
A form of permanent link (see above) a "digital object identifier" which points to an online book, article, etc. If available, the DOI will be provided with the article or information source. Example, DOI: 10.1177/2329488414560107. See APA Style for more information.
In-text citation
A brief notation within the text that leads the reader to the complete documentation, in your References, of the source used. See APA Style for more information.
Journal
A periodical covering topics of interest to specific industries or professions (example: Journal of Business and Accounting).
Paraphrase
See APA Style for more information.
Periodical
A series of publication published with a fixed interval between the issues or number. Journals, newspapers and magazines are all types of periodicals.
Permalink / Permanent Link
A URL or web address that will consistently point to a specific information source in a database.Permanent Links are provided by databases including ProQuest, Business Source Complete, and LexisNexis
Publication title
The name of a periodical, journal, newspaper or magazine, e.g. Wall Street Journal, Globe & Mail, Journal of Business Case Studies.
Publisher
The organization who publishes a journal, newspaper, periodical, book or magazine title, e.g. Harvard University Press, Fast Company, Inc., Rogers Media Inc.
Quote
More information can be found in APA Style and Purdue OWL.
References
A list of sources that you you cited (using in-text citations) during in your research, and containing the information needed to locate the exact item. See APA Style for more information. http://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-references.aspx
Scholarly/peer reviewed journal/article
An article in a scholarly journal (published by university or academic, research or professional organizations) which has been reviewed and evaluated by experts in the subject. See this page for more information.
Summarize
More information can be found in Purdue OWL.
Title or Document Title
The name of an article or report, contained in a periodical, e.g. "Barrick scraps co-president model as top miner retires", an article in the Globe and Mail newspaper.
TIPS
Citing Works With the Same Author and Date