ENSP 102: Introduction to Environmental Policy

Most databases provide citation information for you. The screen shots below can show how to find citation style information using  Ebsco and Proquest
Be careful - always double check with the main APA site or Purdue Owl

Ebsco

ProQuest

Citing Government Documents

Government Reports:

Government Reports should follow your standard APA format, the only main difference is that the Author will sometimes be an organization, or agency, rather than an individual. 

Example (CRS Report):

U.S. Congressional Research Service. (2013). Court Allows EPA to Veto Already-Issued Corps of Engineers Permits - and a Mountaintop Mining Proposal Hangs in the Balance. CRS Report No. AML-0295. Retrieved from Congressional Publications (ProQuest). HTTP://congressional.proquest.com/congressional/docview/t21.d22.crs-2013-aml-0295?accountid=14696.

Citing Federal Hearings

Include:

• Entire subject matter as it reads on the cover
• Bill number (if there is one)
• Subcommittee name (if there is one)
• Committee name
• Congress Number
• Page Number (if there is one)
• Year
• Statement of who gave testimony

Example: Protection from Personal Intrusion Act and Privacy Protection Act of 1998: Hearing on H.R. 2448 and H.R. 3224 Before the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. 56-57 (1998) (statement of Richard Masur, President, Screen Actors Guild).

In text citation: (Projection from Personal Intrusion, 1998)

Citing Laws - Federal Statute (Enacted Bill/Codified Law)

• Popular or official name of the act (if any)
• The title number followed by a space and "U.S.C" (for "United States Code)
• The section number preceded by the section symbol and a space
• the year 

Example: Energy Policy Act of 2005, 42 USCS § 15801 (2005).

In-text: 

Energy Policy Act of 2005

OR

Energy Policy Act (2005)