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Citing Business Databases in APA Style
Academic
Search Premier on EBSCO
Quinn, R.G. (2004). Mothers, molls, and misogynists: resisting Italian
womanhood in the Sopranos. Journal of American Culture, 27(2),
166-174. Retrieved July 5, 2005, from Academic Search Premier EBSCO database.
Advertising
Red Books
Advertising Red Books. (2009). Energizer Holdings, Inc [company profile]. Retrieved March 6,
2009, from http://www.redbooks.com.
Annual
Reports
Wells Fargo. (2008). 2007 Annual report. Retrieved from
https://www.wellsfargohistory.com/download/annualreports/2007annualreport_wf.pdf.
BizMiner
BizMiner. (2011). Aerobic dance and exercise classes: industry financial profile (5 year).
Retrieved April 5, 2011 from https://www.bizminer.com/.
Business Analyst Online (BAO)
Esri. (2013). (Name of BAO type of report and Geographical area).
Retrieved November 30, 2015 from the Business Analyst Online database
located at https://www.d.umn.edu/~jvileta/FAQs/bao-link.html.
Business Insights: Essentials
Gale Group. (2009). Facebook, Inc. [company profile]. Retrieved March 28, 2009, from the
Business Insights: Essentials database.Gale Group. (2008). Facebook, Inc. International directory of company histories. Retrieved
March 28, 2009, from the Business Insights: Essentials database.Gale Group. (2008). Aircraft. Encyclopedia of american industries. Retrieved March 28, 2009,
from the Business Insights: Essentials database.
Garcia, B. (2006, December 14). Starbucks Coffee launches 'Black Apron Exclusives'. Kuwait Times, pNA.
Retrieved December 21, 2006 from Business Insights: Essentials database.
Kiviat, B. (2006, December 18). The big gulp at Starbucks. Time, 168, 124.
Retrieved December 21, 2006 from Business Insights: Essentials database.Miller, C.C. (2008, December 5). Twitter's dance With Facebook. New York Times, p. B6.
Retrieved from the Business Insights: Essentials database."Top social networking sites worldwide, 2007" (2007, November 1). Wall Street Journal, p. B3.
Reproduced in Market share reporter 2009. Retrieved from the Business Insights: Essentials database.
Business & Industry
U.S. socks producers seek Honduran relief. (2007, October 21). Women's Wear Daily, p. 21.
Retrieved from Business & Industry database.
Business
Insight
Pharmaceutical market outlook to 2018. (2008, November).
Retrieved from http://www.gbusinessinsights.com.
Business
Source Premier
Steinberg, B. (2008, December 1). Repeat ad nauseam: TV spots risk driving consumers
away. Advertising Age, 79(44), p1-10, 2p. Retrieved from Business Source Premier
database.Datamonitor. (2007, June 23). VF Corporation [company profile]. Retrieved from Business
Source Premier database.Global Insight. (2008, January) Austria Country Monitor. Retrieved from Business Source
Premier database.
Census.gov
Population data:
U.S. Census Bureau. (2006-08). Guildford County, North Carolina -- Income in the Past 12 Months.
[Table]. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov.Economic Census:
U.S. Census Bureau. (2007). Retail Trade: Geographic Area Series: Summary Statistics for the
United States, States, Metro Areas, Counties, and Places: 2007. [Table].
Retrieved from https://www.census.gov.County Business Patterns:
U.S. Census Bureau. (2007). Forsyth County, North Carolina -- 2007 County Business Patterns
NAICS). [Table]. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov.
Commodity
and Industry Codes
Harmonized codes:
U.S. Census Bureau. (2008). Schedule B 2008, Chapter 60. Retrieved from
https://www.usitc.gov/publications/docs/tata/hts/bychapter/0800c60.pdf.
NAICS codes:U.S. Census Bureau. (2007). 2007 NAICS definitions, 448110, Men's Clothing Stores.
Retrieved from
https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk.
SIC codes:Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. (1987). SIC description for 2251.
Retrieved from http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sic_manual.display?id=488&tab=description.
SITC codes:United Nations Statistical Division. (2008). SITC rev. 4 code 573.11. Retrieved from
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcs.asp?Cl=28&Lg=1&Co=573.11.
Consumer
Expenditure Survey (BLS)
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2008). Race of reference person: Shares of average annual
expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey [Table]. Retrieved
from http://www.bls.gov/cex/.
Corporate
Affiliations
CorporateAffiliations.com. (2009). Energizer Holdings, Inc [company profile]. Retrieved
March 6, 2009, from http://www.corporateaffiliations.com.
Datamonitor
Datamonitor. (2004). Bayerische Motoren Werke company profile.
Retrieved Feb. 6, 2004, from Datamonitor Business Information Center.
DemographicsNow
DemographicsNow. (2009). Data retrieved March 31, 2009, from
http://library.demographicsnow.com.DemographicsNow. (2009). Map retrieved March 31, 2009, from
http://library.demographicsnow.com.
Duns
& Bradstreet Key Business Ratios
Dun and Bradstreet. (2008). Ratios for SIC 2893.
Retrieved February 22, 2009, from http://investor.dnb.com/financials-keyRatios.cfm.
EconLit
Herrman, M. (2010). Monopoly pricing of an antibiotic subject to bacterial resistance.
Journal of Health Economics, 29, 137-50.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.11.007.[EconLit usually provides the DOI (Digitial Object Identifier), which APA requires you to use instead of "Retrieved from EconLit."]
EDGAR
General Electric. (2003, April 10). 10-Q. Retrieved May 2, 2002 from EDGAR database.
EIU
Country Commerce
Economist Intelligence Unit. (2008). Country commerce: Egypt.
Retrieved March 22, 2009, from EIU Country Commerce database.
Emerald
Paraponaris, C. (2003) Third generation R&D and strategies for knowledge Journal of
Knowledge Management, 7 (5),124 - 136. Retrieved 15 Apr, 2004 from Emerald
Fulltext database.
eStatement Studies
Risk Management Association. (2010). Financial ratio benchmarks for NAICS 312130.
Retrieved January 31, 2010 from RMA eStatement Studies database.
Euromonitor - now Passport (GMID)
Euromonitor. (2013). Statistics retrieved March 22, 2012, from Euromonitor Passport Database.
Euromonitor. (2013). Clothing Retailers in The UK, July 2012.
Retrieved November 22, 2013, from Euromonitor Passport Database.
Europa
World
German, R.& Taylor, E. (n.d.). Economy - Egypt.
Retrieved January 10, 2009, from http://www.europaworld.com.
globalEDGE
MSU-CIBER globalEDGE. (2007). Country insights: Ireland.
Retrieved January 10, 2007, from globalEDGE database.
Health & Human Resources Total Connect
Garrison, L. (2003). Tax incentives for doing business on Indian reservations. The Tax
Magazine, 80 (5), 39. Retrieved from http://tax.cchgroup.com.Braitman, M. B. et al. (2008, December). Worker, retiree, and employer recovery act of
2008: law, explanation & analysis. Retrieved from http://tax.cchgroup.com.
Historical
Statistics of the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online. (2006).
Female-to-male earnings ratios: 1815-1987 [Table].
Retrieved from http://hsus.cambridge.org.Margo, R. (2006). Wages and wage inequality. In Historical Statistics of the
United States Millennial Edition Online. Retrieved from http://hsus.cambridge.org. [This cite is for an essay, not a table]
Hoover's Company Profiles
Hoover's. (2009, December 16). Apple Computer, Inc. Hoover's Company Records - In-Depth Records.
Retrieved from LexisNexis Academic database.Hoover's Inc. (2015, April 15). Starbucks Corporation. Hoover's CompanyProfiles.
Retrieved April 21, 2015 from WestlawNext database.
IBIS
Industry Market Research
IBIS. (2008, November 5). Family clothing stores in the US.
Retrieved from http://www.ibisworld.com.
Investext
Plus
Threadgill, H. (2003, Nov. 12). Apparel & footwear 2003 forecast -- industry report.
Lehman Brothers, Inc. Retrieved December 2, 2004, from Investext Plus database.
Kiss,
Bow or Shake Hands
Morrison, T. and Conaway, W.A. (2008). Tips for doing business in Brazil. In Kiss, bow or shake hands.
Retrieved January 30, 2008, from https://www.worldcat.org/title/kiss-bow-or-shake-hands-the-bestselling-guide-to-doing-business-in-more-than-60-countries/oclc/647105256
MasterFile
Premier
Smith, R. (2005). California Taps Updated Meters To Save Energy.
Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 245 (92), B1.
Retrieved May 12, 2005 from MasterFile Premier database.
Mergent
Online
Mergent Online Mergent. (2008). North America aviation sectors: A company and industry analysis.
Retrieved April 3, 2009 from Mergent Online database.
Mergent
WebReports
Mergent. (2006, June). The North America retailing sectors. Retrieved August 15, 2006,
from Mergent WebReports database.
Mintel
Mintel. (2008, December). Breakfast foods: the consumer - US.
Retrieved from http://academic.mintel.com.
Morningstar
Investment Research Center
Morningstar. (2009). Vanguard Global Equity [mutual fund report].
Retrieved March 23, 2009, from http://library.morningstar.com.Morningstar. (2009). Krispy Kreme Doughnut [stock data].
Retrieved March 3, 2009, from http://library.morningstar.com.Whiston, D. (2008, November 12). Ford Motor Company analyst note.
Retrieved March 23, 2009, from http://library.morningstar.com.
National Trade
Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
Office of the United States Trade Representative. (2008). Brazil. National trade estimate
report on foreign trade barriers. Retrieved from http://www.ustr.gov.
OECD
iLibrary
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2009). Main economic indicators. Data
retrieved March 2, 2010 from http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org.International Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
(2009). World energy outlook 2009. Retrieved from http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org.
Passport (GMID) by Euromonitor
Euromonitor. (2013). Statistics.
Retrieved March 22, 2012, from Euromonitor Passport Database.Euromonitor. (2013). Clothing Retailers in The UK, July 2012.
Retrieved November 22, 2013, from Euromonitor Passport Database.
International Trade Centre, United Nations Statistical Division. (2009).
Data retrieved March 10, 2009, from the Trade Analysis System database.
ProQuest
Digital Dissertations
McIntyre, K.S. (2005). Understanding a climate for customer service.
Retrieved August 14, 2007 from ProQuest Digital Dissertations. (AAT 3185524)
In-text citation: (McIntyre, 2005)
ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA. (2009). Crawford Textiles Company Inc. profile. Retrieved
March 22, 2009, from http://www.referenceusa.com.
Research
Insight
Standard & Poor's. (2005, January 31). Composite Annual Ratio Report for SIC 2844.
Retrieved March 23, 2005, from Research Insight Version 7.6 [CD-ROM].
RIA
Checkpoint
RIA. (2008). 2009 RIA federal tax handbook. Retrieved from RIA Checkpoint database.
Murthy, V. (2008, January/February). Why paying severance has become like walking a
tax law minefield. Journal of Corporate Taxation, 2008, 40-44. Retrieved from
RIA Checkpoint database.
RMA eStatement
Studies
Risk Management Association. (2010). Financial ratio benchmarks for NAICS 312130.
Retrieved January 31, 2010 from RMA eStatement Studies database.
SimplyMap
Geographic Research. (2009). Mediamark data retrieved March 10, 2009, from
http://www.simplymap.com.Geographic Research. (2009). Map downloaded March 10, 2009, from
http://www.simplymap.com.
S&P
NetAdvantage
Standard and Poor's. (2008, December 20). General Electric. Standard & Poor's Stock Reports.
Retrieved from https://library.ccis.edu/company-industry-info/netadvantageStandard and Poor's. (2008, December 18). Airlines. Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys.
Retrieved from https://library.ccis.edu/company-industry-info/netadvantage
Sports
Business Research Network (SBRnet)
Sports Business Research Network. (2007). Statistics retrieved August 24, 2007, from
Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet) database.
Sports Business Research Network. (2004, June 21). Fifth bowl game for college football.
SportsPipe. Retrieved January 10, 2007, from Sports Business Research Network
(SBRnet) database.
SRDS Media Planning Platform (Kantar):
Time magazine profile. (2004). Consumer Magazine Advertising Source. Retrieved
November 22, 2004 from SRDS Media Planning Platform (Kantar) database.SRDS Service Guides
SRDS PRIZM Groups Definitions
SRDS Claritas Prizm
Tax
Management Portfolios Plus
Lischer, H. J., Jr. (n.d.). Estates, gifts and trusts portfolios: estate tax: Portfolio 832-1st:
Estate Tax Payments and Liabilities. Retrieved March 2, 2009, from
http://www.referenceusa.com.
USITC
Trade Database
United States International Trade Commission. (2009). Trade data retrieved
March 11, 2009, from http://dataweb.usitc.gov.
Wall
Street Journal (via Proquest)
DeYoung, R. (2009, April 14). Congress takes aim at payday loans. Wall Street Journal, A13.
Retrieved from ProQuest Wall Street Journal database.Henry Ford’s experiment may be the new found justice; gift of $10,000,000 to employees
called advertising; effect of working men on eight-hour shifts. (1914, January 8).
Wall Street Journal, p2. Retrieved from ProQuest Historical Newspapers database.[In many old WSJ articles, no author is given, so the title goes first.]
WestLaw
Murphy, R. (2007, August 7). Fashion brands use scarcity as strategy with limited editions.
Women’s Wear Daily, 194(27), 1-18. Retrieved from Westlaw database.
World
Development Indicators (WDI)
World Bank. (2009). Data retrieved March 2, 2009, from World
Development Indicators Online (WDI) database.
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