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APA 7 referencing style: Reports, theses and grey literature

A guide to using the APA 7th edition referencing system for in-text citations and reference lists.

APA examples: Reports, theses and grey literature

 

 

See our APA7 Style Guidelines for advice on treatment of single to multiple authors, dates, page numbers and sources within your in-text and end-text references.  

See The APA Style Blog for more report and gray literature examples in the textual format referencing examples for more examples. 

Material Type

In-Text Citation

Reference List & Notes

Government reports

(National Cancer Institute, 2019).

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

White paper with a group author (Department for Business Innovation & Skills, 2016)

Department for Business Innovation & Skills. (2016). Success as a knowledge economy: Teaching excellent, social mobility and student choice [White paper]. Crown. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523396/bis-16-265-success-as-a-knowledge-economy.pdf

Unpublished thesis or dissertation (Harris, 2014)

Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.