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ENG 220 Research Writing

Writing White Papers

Example White Papers

Citing a White Paper in APA

White papers follow the same APA format as reports. Include the description “[White paper]” in square brackets after the title of the white paper.

White Paper with a Group Author

Department for Business Innovation & Skills. (2016). Success as a knowledge economy: Teaching excellent, social mobility and student choice [White paper]. Crown. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523396/bis-16-265-success-as-a-knowledge-economy.pdf

  • Parenthetical citation: (Department for Business Innovation & Skills, 2016)
  • Narrative citation: Department for Business Innovation & Skills (2016)

White Paper with Individual Authors

Furst, M., & DeMillo, R. A. (2006). Creating symphonic-thinking computer science graduates for an increasingly competitive global environment [White paper]. Georgia Tech College of Computing. https://cis.temple.edu/~giorgio/threads_whitepaper.pdf

  • Parenthetical citation: (Furst & DeMillo, 2006)
  • Narrative citation: Furst and DeMillo (2006)

These examples were provided by the APA Style Blog.