How Do I Cite in Business (APA & Chicago)?

Citation Guide for Business (Chicago) (PDF)
McMaster University Library

This Citation Guide for Business was developed for McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business. It is based on the Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition, 2017). Includes general formatting and style guidelines for papers, endnotes and bibliographies, along with numerous citation examples of popular business sources.

Citing content developed or generated by artificial intelligence? See the Chicago 17th edition recommendations with examples in this guide. Generative AI examples have also been incorporated into the Citation Guide for Business.

APA 7th ed. Citation for Business Sources (Google Doc)
Source: Schemm, N., Dellenbach, M., Grisham, Z., Hageman, M., Tingle, N., Trowbridge, M., & Wheatley, A. (2020). APA 7th ed. citation for business sources. https://bit.ly/APA7business

This APA citation guide for business sources was developed by a group of business librarians in the United States and Canada. It is based on the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA Style, 7th edition, 2020). NOTE: This APA guide has not been modified for local use and includes several sources which are unavailable at McMaster. Read this FAQ for more information about the development and contents of this guide.

Other APA Citation Guides for Business

• Citing Business Sources: APA (7th ed.) Citation Guide (SFU Library)
• Management & Business Sources Citation Style Guide - APA (McGill Library)
• Citing Business Databases & Government Data in APA Format (UNC Greenboro)

See also:

• APA Style (American Psychological Association)
  Includes APA style and grammar guidelines, tutorials and a blog which addresses common questions.
   
• APA Style (7th Edition) (Purdue OWL)
  Includes an overview of APA, along with formatting examples for in-text citations, reference lists, a sample paper, and more.
   
• How to Cite in APA Format (7th edition) | Guide & Generator (Scribbr) 
  Includes guidelines for paper format, reporting standards, citation examples for many resource types including press releases, reports (PDF), websites and more.
   
• How to cite ChatGPT (APA Style blog)
  Quoting, in-text citations, and references for content generated with artificial intelligence are covered in this blog post.
   
• How Do I Cite Generative AI - APA (McMaser University Library)
  Includes examples that incorporate the latest recommendations from this APA Style blog post.
   
• Iida, P., Ruegg, R., de Boer, M., Araki, N., & Agnello, M.F. (2021). The concise APA handbook: APA 7th edition. Information Age Publishing. 
  This eBook covers plagiarism, evaluating sources for academic work, in-text citation, making your list of references, formatting and more.