Annual Reports
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)
Format for in-text citation
In-text citation example
BHP Billiton lists 48 locations worldwide (BHP Billiton Limited, 2013).
OR
The BHP Billiton Limited annual report identified many reasons for this occurrence (2013): ...
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Name of Group (Year). Title of annual report. URL
Reference list example
BHP Billiton Limited. (2013). 2012 Summary review annual report. http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Documents/2012/BHPBillitonSummaryReview2012.pdf
Make sure to look at the style notes
Style notes for this reference type
- APA 7 Publication Manual, pp.268,288,329–331
- Format references to technical and research reports and other grey literature as you would a book retrieved online.
- The author of an annual report is usually the organization that produced it, unless otherwise specified in the report. In the reference list entry for that annual report, the organisation would be listed as the author.
- If the publisher has been identified as the author, provide the retrieval address from the publisher's website immediately behind the period of the title element. The publisher name, if stated as author do not get repeated.
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