APA style is used in the social sciences and business.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed. by Journal articles and news articles retrieved from the Mergent databases are cited according to the format style guidelines you are using for your research paper. See the Citations Libguide for details (link below).
General Guidelines for Citing Mergent Online as a Source
MLA
If there are no authors or editors listed for the data or report you retrieved, use the MLA guidelines for citing an entire Website. Since there are no authors or editors listed for the database use Mergent, Inc. as the corporate author, the date of the report, and the date accessed.
Example:
Mergent, Inc. Mergent Online. DuPont-Ball LIbrary, Stetson University, 4 Nov. 2013. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.mergentonline.com/FirstResearch>
APA
In most cases you will use the following to cite Mergent Online as your source if you are using APA style. APA refers to non-peer-reviewed work, such as reports, brochures, fact sheets, press releases, and newsletter articles as “gray literature.” List as many of the following elements as are available.
Author’s name
Date of publication (if there is no date, use “n.d.”)
Title of document (in italics)
A URL that will take readers directly to the source
Give your date of access only if the source itself has no date.
Example:
(2013, November). Industry Profile: Advertising & Marketing Services. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from
http://www.mergentonline.com/FirstResearch