When using information from another source you must give credit to the original author or you are plagiarizing. You give credit by citing the source. Make sure your citation contains everything you would need to backtrack and find the information again. It is best to pick one citation style and be consistent.
When working on extensive research projects, you will need to collect, organize and format all those citations!
The following tools are appropriate to use at Penn State. They all allow you to store and search for your references, as well as link with MS Word to easily create in-text citations and bibliographies.
Basic Format:
Mergent, Inc. "Title of the section" Company, date. Mergent Intellect, URL
Sample:
Mergent, Inc, "Company Details- Company Overview" Apple Inc, Mar. 2023. Mergent Intellect, https://www-mergentintellect-com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/index.php/search/companyDetails/60704780
In-Text citation: (Mergent, Inc)
Basic Format:
Mergent, Inc, "Title of the section" Company, date. Mergent Online, URL
Sample:
Mergent, Inc, "Company Details- Synosis" Apple Inc, Mar. 2023. Mergent Online, https://www-mergentonline-com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/companydetail.php?compnumber=12161&pagetype=synopsis
In-Text citation: (Mergent, Inc)
Basic Format:
Author given:
Last name, First name. "Report Name: Report Number". IBISWorld, Month of report Year of report, URL.
Sample:
Gambardella, Anthony. "Commercial Banking in the US: US Industry Report 52211". IBISWorld, Nov. 2020, my-ibisworld-com.ezproxy./us/en/industry/52211/about
In-Text citation: (Gambardella)
No author given:
“Report Name: Report Name”. IBISWorld. Month of report. Year of report, URL.
Sample:
"Apple Inc. US Company Benchmarking Report: 405800." IBISWorld. May. 2022, https://my.ibisworld.com/us/en/company-benchmarking/405800/company-overview.
In-Text citation: (Apple Inc.)
Basic Format:
Title of 10-K or Annual Report. Publisher, Year of Publication.
Sample:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended September 27, 2014. Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., 2014.
In-Text Citation: (Keurig Form 10-K 29).
Basic Format:
"Title of Report." Title of Source. Publisher, Date of Publication.
Sample:
"Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. SWOT Analysis." Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. Company Profile. MarketLine, 18 Jun. 2015.
In-Text Citation: ("Keurig SWOT Analysis" 3).
Basic Format:
"Title of Report." Title of Source. Edition, Date of Publication.
Sample:
"Starbucks." Encyclopedia of Global Brands. 2nd ed., 2013, pp. 1008-11.
In-Text Citation: ("Starbucks" 1010-11).
Adapted From Youngstown State University's Maag Library website.