Citing Business Information: Government Sources

When citing Government data, follow these guidelines;

• Include format type in brackets [ ] to describe format, not title information (e.g. data set, data file, codebook). 
• Use “Available from” if the URL or DOI points you to a website or information on how to obtain or download data at a general site that houses data sets. Use “Retrieved from” if the URL or DOI takes you directly to the data table or database. 

• Labonte, M. (2011). The economic implications of the long-term federal budget outlook (CRS Publication No. RL32747). Retrieved from Congressional Research Service. http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/171384.pdf

• U.S. Census Bureau (2011). Selected housing characteristics, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Retrieved from http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP04

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce (2016). Gross Output by industry 2008-2015. [Data file] Available from http://www.bea.gov/itable/ 

• Government Accountability Office. (2012). Charter schools: Additional federal attention needed to help protect access for students with disabilities. (GAO Publication No. 12-543). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved from http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-543