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Referencing for Business

Information for using APA style to reference sources in business writing.

How to reference web content

Here are some basic formats for referencing other online sources. The grey boxes highlight the information that needs to change in each reference. You do not include them in your own work.

Please pay close attention to the punctuation and capitalisation in each of the formats and in the examples below.

Online video (eg. YouTube, O'Reilly case studies

Creator, J. K. . (upload date). Title of video [format]. Platform. https://url.com.

Reports and white papers

Author, J. K. . (year). Title of report (Report number if applicable). https://URL.com.

Online news articles

Author, J. K.. (published year, month day). Title of news article. Website name. Retrieved Month day, year, from https://url.com.

Other websites

Author, J. K.. (published year, month day). Title of web page. Website name. https://url.com.

Examples of web content references

Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board. (2020). APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standards). https://apesb.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/APES_110_Restructured_Code_Nov_2018.pdf

Anderson, G. (2018, January). Design thinking 101 [video]. O’Reilly Online Learning. https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/design-thinking-101/9781492027751/

Deloitte. (2021, October 2). The AI-fueled organization: AI efficiency in government & public services [video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QHwbcMffJs

Fair Work Ombudsman. (n.d.). Maximum weekly hours. https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/maximum-weekly-hours

Lowrey, T. (2021, November 29). Government aims to push social media trolls out of the shadows, and force companies to be responsible for them. ABC News. Retrieved December 14, 2021, from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-29/what-will-government-social-media-bill-do-to-stop-harassment/100659006

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