NURS 7324 - Healthcare Economics & Policy: Citing

APA does not specialize in legal citations. If your citation varies from the examples on this page, APA suggest that authors consult the Bluebook, a uniform system of citation commonly used in legal writing.

Read the APA blog entry on legal citation.

Website - A government website will be cited the same way as any other website in APA.

• Reference List:

Elements: Institution Name. (Year, Month). Title of document [Format description (optional)]. URL.

Example: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017, April 6). Health in all policies. https://www.cdc.gov/policy/hiap/index.html.

• In-text:

Elements: (Name, year).

Example: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017) or (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017).

No date

• Use (n.d.)

Elements

• Incorporate as many of the elements for each citation type as possible.
• Skip elements you cannot find.
• The most important part is that the reader can find your reference.

From senate.gov

There are 4 types of legislation:

1. Bills
2. Joint Resolutions
3. Concurrent Resolutions
4. Simple Resolutions

Visit senate.gov to learn more about each.

Statute - A statute is a bill that has been enacted into law (P.L.).

• Reference List:

Elements: Name of the Statute, Title number Source § Section number(s) (Year).

Example: Family and  Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (2006).

• In-text:

Elements: Title (year).

Example: Family and  Medical Leave Act of 1993 (2006) or (Family and  Medical Leave Act of 1993, 2006).

Policy -- If the policy you choose is a public law, please follow the instructions for citing statutes.

• Reference List:

Elements: Organization that made the policy. (year). Title of the policy (Policy No. ## if applicable). Retrieved from URL.

Example: American Heart Association (2019). Ethics policy. Retrieved from https://www.heart.org/en/about-us/statements-and-policies/american-heart-association-ethics-policy-details.

• In-text:

Elements: (Organization that made the policy, year).

Example: (American Heart Association, 2019).

Government Report

• Reference List:

Elements: Government author. (year). Title of report: Subtitle of report if applicable (Report No. ###). Retrieved from URL

Example: Veterans Health Administration. (2013). National Veteran Health Equity Report: FY2013. Retrieved from https://www.va.gov/healthequity/NVHER.asp.

• In-text:

Elements: (Government author, year).

Example:  (Veterans Health Administration, 2013)

Bill - Bills that have been been passed into law need to be cited as public laws (see the discussion of statutes below), unless you are referring to a historical piece of the legislative process.

• Reference List:

Elements: Title [if relevant], bill or resolution number, xxx Cong. (year).

Example: Presidential Funding Act of 2010, S. 3681, 111th Cong. (2010) or S. 3681, 111th Cong. (2010).

• In-text:

Elements: Title (year).

Example: Senate Bill 3681 (2010)or (S. 3681, 2010)

The APA Style Blog is a wonderful resource for understanding the ways to cite unusual material. Consult it often!