A basic reference list entry for a government publication:
Example:
South Africa. Department of Home Affairs. 2006. Annual report (RP53/2006). Pretoria: Government printer.
TYPE | REFERENCE LIST | IN-TEXT CITATION |
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Government publication |
Components: Name of the country. Full name of government department. Year. Title (Report series and number if available). Place: Publisher.
Example: South Africa. Department of Home Affairs. 2006. Annual report (RP53/2006). Pretoria: Government printer.
Notes: Publisher will be the official printer/publisher for the government of that country, e.g. · South Africa: Government Printer · UK: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO) · USA: US Government Printing Office |
Example: … (South Africa. Department of Home Affairs, 2006:12-20).
Notes: When using the name of an organization avoid putting it at the beginning of a sentence. |
Government publication (online) |
Components: Name of the country. Full name of government department. Year. Title (Report series and number if available). doi/Available: URL [Date of access].
Examples: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 2003. Managing asthma: a guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Available: http://www.nhlbi.nih .gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf [5 December 2017]. |
Example:
… (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 2003:50).
Notes: When using the name of an organization avoid putting it at the beginning of a sentence. |
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