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General Format
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Government Author, Year)
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Government Author, Year, page or paragraph number [if available])
References:
Government Name. Name of Government Agency. (Year). Title of document: Subtitle
(Report No. xxx [if available]). Retrieved from URL of specific document
Example
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2003)
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2003)
References:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A
guide for schools (NIH publication No. 02-2650).Retrieved from
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf