Academic Integrity - Referencing, Citation & Avoiding Plagiarism: Government agency publication

This guide explains what referencing and citation is and how to use the APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Vancouver Styles. It includes a short interactive tutorial on each style.

Government agency publication

Reference: Name of agency. (Year). Title (Series information). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: Department of Health, Ireland. (2014). National Carers’ Strategy Annual Report 2013. Dublin: Department of Health.

In-Text-Citation:

Name of agency (year)
(Name of agency, year)

Example:

According to the Department of Health (2014)...
Official figures released (Department of Health, 2014) show that…