Book (in print format)
Basic Format:
- Author(s) - Last, First M., and First M. Last.
- Title of Book: Subtitle (if any)
- Publisher,
- Year of Publication.
Last, First M. Title of Book: Subtitle (if any). Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example (one author):
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Random House, 1953.
Example (multiple authors):
Ross, Stephen A., Randolph Westerfield, and Jeffrey Jaffe. Corporate Finance, 9th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Example (more than three authors): use et al. after the first named author.
Wysocki, Anne Francis, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.
Book (in ebook or online format)
Basic Format:
- Author(s) - Last, First M., and First M. Last.
- Title of Book: Subtitle (if any)
- Version or edition number (if any).
- Publisher
- Year of Publication.
- E-book Platform
- DOI or URL.
Last, First, M. Book Title. Publisher, Year of Publication. E-book platform. DOI or URL.
Example:
Voci, Paolo. China on Video: Smaller Screen Realities. Routledge, 2010. ProQuest Ebook Central. ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/babson/detail.action?docID=534243
Journal Article, Online
Basic Format:
- Author(s) - Last, First M., and First M. Last.
- "Article Title: Subtitle."
- Title of Journal or Source
- Volume, Issue, Year, pages
- Database where you accessed the article.
- DOI or URL
Last, First M. “Article Title.” Journal Title, vol #, no. #, Year, pages. Database Name, DOI or URL.
Example:
Finalyson, Alan. "Rhetoric And The Political Theory Of Ideologies." Political Studies, vol. 60, no. 4, 2012, pp. 751-67. EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier, doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00948.x
Company Profiles
Basic Format:
- Author or compiler of profile report.
- "Title of Profile or Report."
- Name of Database where report was accessed.
- Date of report or profile - day month year.
- DOI or URL
Author/Compiler of Report. “Company Profile Title.” Database Name. Date Published. DOI or URL
Examples:
S&P Capital IQ. “Dell Inc. Private Company with Public Debt Profile.” Capital IQ, 2018. www.capitaliq.com/CIQDotNet/company.aspx?companyId=253188908.
MarketLine. "Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV SWOT Analysis." EBSCOhost Business Source Complete, 26 June 2018.
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=130997653&site=ehost-live.
Statistical Data and Reports
Basic Format:
Author/Compiler of Report. “Statistical Report Title.” Database Name. Publication Date. DOI or URL (if from Bloomberg, leave URL out).
Example:
HSH Associates. "Rates on 1-Year Adjustable Mortgages in the United States from 2005 to 2016.” Statista, 2018. www-statista-com.ezproxy.babson.edu/statistics/272729/1-year-adjustable-mortgage-rates-in-the-united-states-from-2011/.
Bloomberg Data Set:
Bloomberg L.P. “Stock Price Graph for Microsoft Corp. 06/02/2018 - 07/02/2018.” Bloomberg Terminal, 2018.
Citing a table from a report:
Mintel. “Figure 4: Total US Sales and Fanchart Forecast of Men's and Women's Footwear, at Current Prices, 2012-22.” Men's and Women's Footwear - US, Mintel Academic, May 2018. academic.mintel.com.ezproxy.babson.edu/display/894191/.
Law Case
Example:
United States, Supreme Court. Roper v. Simmons. 1 March 2005. Legal Information Institute, Cornell U Law School, www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-633.ZS.html.
Analyst Reports
Basic Format:
- Author (either analyst firm or personal name).
- "Report Title."
- Database where report was accessed
- Date of report.
- DOI or URL.
Report Author. “Report Title.” Database Name, Date of Report. DOI or URL.
Examples:
GlobalData. “Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review.” Mergent Investext, 2018. mergentonline.com.ezproxy.babson.edu/investextsearchlive.php?opt=loadDocument&
docid=82581712&doctype=pdf.
Oliver, Kelsey. "IBISWorld Industry Report OD4621: Corporate Wellness Services in the US." IBISWorld. Apr. 2018. clients1-ibisworld-com.ezproxy.babson.edu/reports/us/industry/default.aspx?entid=4621.
10-K or Annual Reports
10-K or Annual Report from the company's own website:
- Title of 10-K or Annual Report.
- Name of publisher or sponsor of website.
- Date of report.
- DOI or URL.
Examples:
10-K Annual Report. Apple Inc., 3 Nov. 2017. d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000320193/bc9269c5-539b-4a69-9054-abe7849c4242.html.
2017 Annual Report. Chevron Corporation, 2017. www.chevron.com/-/media/chevron/annual-report/2017/2017-Annual-Report.pdf.
2017 Annual Report. Intel Corporation, 2017. intel2018or.q4web.com/Y2017/default.aspx.
10-K or Annual Report from a Babson subscription database:
- Company Name.
- "Title of 10-K or Annual Report."
- Date of report.
- Database where report was accessed.
- DOI or URL
Examples:
Amgen Inc. "2013 10-K Report." 13 Feb. 2018, Capital IQ, www.capitaliq.com/CIQDotNet/Filings/DocumentRedirector.axd?documentId=242610618.
PepsiCo Inc. "Form 10-K." 30 Dec. 2017. Mergent Online, www.mergentonline.com.ezproxy.babson.edu/printedgar.php?
pagetype=companyfilings&id=17253586&type=HTML&compname=PEPSICO%20INC.
Online Press or News Releases
Basic Format:
Cite them as you would a book, but add day and month to date for a press release.
Example:
Xerox Reports Third-Quarter 2013 Earnings. Xerox Corp., 26 Oct. 2017, www.news.xerox.com/news/Xerox-reports-third-quarter-2017-earnings.
Free Websites
Basic Format:
- Author(s) - Last, First, M. and First M. Last (or Corporate Author Name)
- "Title of Webpage." (in quotes)
- Title of Website. (in italics)
- Version or edition used (if known)
- Publisher or sponsor of website; if unknown, use N.p.
- Date of site creation or update (day month year); if not known, use n.d.
- DOI or URL.
Examples:
Segal, Troy. “What is Private Equity?” Investopedia.Investopedia LLC., 3 Nov. 2017, www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-careers/09/private-equity.asp.
Rapp, Christof. “Aristotle’s Rhetoric.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U, 1 Feb. 2010, plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-rhetoric/.