Grey Literature Citations: APA Citations

Citing Grey Literature with APA

For more information on the APA, American Psychological Association, style guide and considerations for citing grey literature and other archival materials visit the APA Style website. Below are examples and descriptions of APA guidelines for records from the UW-Stout Archives.

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Reference List Basic Format

Author last name, First Initial. (year month day). Title [Description of material]. Name of collection (Collection number or identifier, Box number, Folder number). Name of repository, Location of repository. Retrieved from URL if applicable.

In-Text Citation Format

(Author's Last Name(s) or Organization, Year)

Commencement Programs

This is an example of citing a digitized print record in an online, open access repository. The commencement program is a physical document in the archives. There is a different citation for the physical commencement program. This example is specifically for citing the digitized, openly accessible version of the commencement program.

Reference List

Stout State University. (1966 June 4). Commencement Stout State University. Commencement Programs. UW-Stout Archives, Menomonie, WI. https://uwstout.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_5135d849-9ed7-41ce-89b7-63db565ed7f6/

In-Text Citation

(Stout State University, 1966)

Stoutonia Article

This is an example of citing newspapers and publications in Stout Digital Collections. For this type of record, the newspaper APA citation format is recommended.

Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Reference List

Manke, J. (1994). Blue Devils struggle against Eagles. Stoutonia, 85(6), 13. https://archive.org/details/StoutoniaVolume85/page/n99/mode/2up

In-Text Citation

(Manke, 1994)

Image

Below is a citation for an image from Stout Digital Collections. Some images will have titles. If there is not a title, you will need to create a description for the image yourself representing what you see in the image.

Reference List

Welding. (1936). History of the University of Wisconsin-Stout Collection (y-63). UW-Stout Archives, Menomonie, WI. https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ACQKJELLQQG7IU9C

In-Text Citation

(Welding, 1936)

Physical Records from the Archives

Below is a citation for the following physical record located within Stout Series 293, Dwight Agnew Personal Papers. It is a brochure and is currently only located in the Archives, not in an online repository. For information on this collection and this record, a guide to the collection is located online: https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/82194

Reference List

The Menomonie Woman's Club. Mabel Tainter Memorial [brochure]. Dwight Agnew Personal Papers, 1948-1972 (Stout Series 293, Box 2, Folder 4). UW-Stout Archives, Menomonie, WI.

In-Text Citation

(The Menomonie Woman's Club, n.d.)