Upgrade StorageAPA cite and reference US Census FactFinder database
Hi All -
I need to reference data pulled from American Fact Finder databases at the U.S. Census. According to the manuals, I should reference as:
U.S. Census Bureau; generated by My Name; using American FactFinder, Database name; <http://factfinder.census.gov>; (date generated.
The citation would be: (U.S. Census Bureau, date generated)
How would I best approach this?
Ideally I could program a special type - but this is beyond my capabilities.
I assume one of the existing styles would be close - I could set it up as a generic entry and then modify it each time (what a nightmare).
Any thoughts would be appreciated. This is for an APA dissertation. I just realized I needed this level of citing. I was doing so much better when I was quoting a report summary :-)
Thanks in advance
Jonathan
For the life of me, I can't find a catagory that even comes close to this. What
I need to reference data pulled from American Fact Finder databases at the U.S. Census. According to the manuals, I should reference as:
U.S. Census Bureau; generated by My Name; using American FactFinder, Database name; <http://factfinder.census.gov>; (date generated.
The citation would be: (U.S. Census Bureau, date generated)
How would I best approach this?
Ideally I could program a special type - but this is beyond my capabilities.
I assume one of the existing styles would be close - I could set it up as a generic entry and then modify it each time (what a nightmare).
Any thoughts would be appreciated. This is for an APA dissertation. I just realized I needed this level of citing. I was doing so much better when I was quoting a report summary :-)
Thanks in advance
Jonathan
For the life of me, I can't find a catagory that even comes close to this. What
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Generally, there are limits on how precise you're going to get a database citation in APA style, but what you have above isn't even close to anything APA would want.
Then I realized - you are correct - I am doing APA and so far I am being told to just do:
U.S. Census Bureau. (data of access). Datatabase name (in italic), Retrieved from http://factfinder.census.gov
In that case - I could just use the web page entry. Seems odd. I will have to do another search of APA lit
seems pretty solid as an APA citation. APA would likely want [Database record] somewhere in there. Zotero would do that if you put "Database record" in the website type field, I believe.