Federal Government Information

The guide created by Cornell University Library provides general principles for citing US Government documents in student research papers in APA format, along with examples by type of document.

Contains a reference example for a report by a government agency. Government report references are covered in Section 10.4 of the APA Publication Manual, 7th Edition.

Webpage references are covered in Section 10.16 of the APA Publication Manual, 7th Edition. This link contains reference examples for webpages, including the following:
Webpage on a news website
Comment on a webpage on a news website
Webpage on a website with a government agency group author
Webpage on a website with an organizational group author
Webpage on a website with an individual author
Webpage on a website with a retrieval date

This link contains reference examples for fact sheets. References for fact sheets follow the report reference template in Section 10.4 of the APA Publication Manual, 7th Edition

Reference list entries include the four elements of the author, date, title, and source. The elements of reference list entries are covered in Sections 9.7 to 9.37 of the APA Publication Manual, 7th Edition.