• Double-spaced manuscript
• Serif fonts such as 12-Point Times Roman or 11-point Georgia
  (other san serif fonts are now permitted for online works such as 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode)
• 1-inch margins
• Running head on each page in capital letters
• Download a sample paper at:
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Annual Reports, 10-K, Other SEC Filings

Ford Motor Company. (2024). 2023 annual report. https://www.ford.com

LexisNexis. (2024, February 7). Ford Motor Co; Form 10-K.  Nexis Uni.

Company profiles

LexisNexis.  (n.d.). Ford Motor Company [Company profile].  Retrieved September 16, 2024, from Nexis Uni.  

EBSCO. (n.d.). Ford  Motor Company [Company profile].  Retrieved September 16, 2024, from Business Source Complete. 

Mergent. (n.d.).  Ford Motor Company [Company profile].  Retrieved September 16, 2024 from Mergent Online.

Industry reports

Jozkowski, E. (2024, September). Automobile & light duty motor vehicle manufacturing in the US (US 33611) [U.S. industry report]. IBISWorld.

Fitch Solutions Group Limited. (2024, July 1).  Germany autos report Q3 2024 [Industry profile].  Business Source Complete.

Dun  & Bradstreet. (n.d.). Motor vehicles and car bodies: 336111 [Industry data].  Retrieved on September 16, 2024 from Mergent Key Business Ratios.

U.S. Census Bureau. (2024, September 17).  Census Bureau index of economic activity [data set].   https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/#business_sales

See more APA examples at: https://pitt.libguides.com/citationhelp/apa7

Page number is required for a direct quote.

• (Smith, 2014, p. 23)

No page numbers for a direct quote? For in-text citation use para. # or Chapter #.

• (Green, 2002, para. 25) or (Green, 2002, Chapter 2)

No date?  Use (n.d.). in both the reference and in-text citation.

• (Jones, n.d.)

No author information for an article, chapter, or webpage?  Use article title, chapter title, webpage title, or first few words enclosed in quotation marks and italicize the book, report, or journal title when used in manuscript.

• ("Librarians Help Students," 2017) or In the Hanley Library Annual Report (2016)

See the Quick Answers - References page of the APA blog for more examples.