LEO: Literacy Education Online APA Technical and Research Reports

Examples of how to document the most common types of technical and research reports are illustrated in this document. However, you might need to use a reference for a source which is not listed on this document.

In such a case, refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (2001). (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Choose the example that is most like your source and follow that format.

• Edited report
• ERIC report
• GPO report
• Technical or research reports
• University report

Edited report

Fennell, D. (Ed.). (1991). Computers and the writing process: Strategies

that work. Morris, MN: University of Minnesota, Morris,

Department of English.

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ERIC report

Gregory, G. J. (1987). The effect of typing skill on using a word

processor for composition (Report No. CRCAI-TS-87-4). Ithaca, NY:

Center for Research on Computer Assisted Instruction. (ERIC Document

Reproduction Service No. ED 268 546)

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GPO report

Center for Disease Control. (1995) Influenza outbreaks in the United

States (DHHS Publication No. 95-1167). Washington, DC: U.S.

Government Printing Office.

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Technical or research reports

Coombs, J. H. (1990). Hypertext, full text, and automatic linking. SIGIR 90

[technical report]. Providence, RI: Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship.

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University report

Jakobovitz, H., & DuBois, K. (1968). The "tip of the tongue"

phenomenon (Tech. Rep. No. 1). Los Angeles: University of California,

Los Angeles, Psychology Department.

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