Citing a Dissertation Found in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database:
Format:
Author last name, Author initial. (Year). Title of dissertation/thesis (Publication No.) [Doctoral dissertation/Master's thesis, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree]. Database or Archive Name.
Example:
Olds, J. L. (2018). An investigation of district promotion, retention, and intervention policies and practices for elementary students in four Southern California counties (Publication No. 3544644) [Doctoral dissertation, Azusa Pacific University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Note: You may have to look carefully at the record in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global to determine the publication number.
Citing a Print Dissertation Found in a Library and not Available Through ProQuest Dissertations and Theses:
Format:
Author last name, Author initial. (Year). Title of dissertation/thesis [Unpublished doctoral dissertation/Master's thesis], Name of Institution Awarding the Degree.
Example:
Heil, J. A. (2016). Authors, audiences, and Elizabethan prologics [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University.
Note: Most APU dissertations should also appear in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. If you are going to cite an APU dissertation, you should check ProQuest to see if a publication number is available, then follow the guidelines for citing dissertations found in ProQuest. This is the most consistent way to ensure that readers of your paper will be able to retrieve the original source.
The APA citation format for government documents is similar to the APA format for citing eBooks.
Citing a U.S. government report available on government agency Web site:
Format:
Government Agency. (Year of publication). Title of report (Report No. xxx, if given). Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxxx
Examples:
United States Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). America's children and the environment (ACE). Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children/
Baldi, S. (2007). Highlights from PISA 2006: Performance of U.S. 15-year-old students in science and mathematics literacy in an international context (NCES Report No. 2008016). Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/PUBSEARCH/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008016
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. (2005). Pathways to Hispanic family learning: Highlighting public and private efforts to meet the education needs of the Hispanic family. Retrieved from http://www.yesican.gov/publications/pdf/pathways.pdf
Note: Not every government document will have a report number. If you’re unable to find one, just leave that part out of the citation. Always use the personal name of an author, if it is given. If a corporate author is listed instead of a personal author, use the agency/department name instead of a personal name.