OSCM 4080: Citing sources

Applied procurement

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Context is king!

Questions to consider as you decide how to cite your sources:

Who is your primary audience?
How likely is it that your work could end up on a public forum?

About writing styles for business

Writers in the fields of business generally use APA (American Psychological Association), or AMA (American Management Association). This page provides links to a few resources for them.

APA:

Business sources in APA 7th ed. citation style
Really nice examples of cites to business sources. Not from the "official" APA, but created by a group of business librarians to follow APA 7 guidelines as closely as possible with non-standard, non-academic business sources.
Use the left-margin menu to look for sources in an A-Z list (e.g. Ad$pender, e-Statement Studies, MarketLine, Mergent, SRDS, etc.)
Citing Business Databases & Government Data in APA Format, Steve Cramer (UNC-Greensboro))
Good explanations and examples. See his Research Guide for links directly to specific resource examples.
How to Cite Financial Documents in APA Format
Nicely spelled out ...
Excelsior OWL - APA Style
Open the + menus in the left margin to find guidance and examples for different source types.
APA Formatting and Style Guide (The OWL at Purdue)
One of many excellent sources from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University.
How to cite ChatGPT?
A blogpost from the APA itself about how to cite ChatGPT. It discusses "situations where students and researchers use ChatGPT to create text and to facilitate their research, not to write the full text of their paper or manuscript."

AMA:

AMA - Business Writing Solutions
Although this online content really will not replace the books on AMA style, there are some general tips on writing here. There are also more general tips on communication.