How to Cite Documents from NTDB and NESEDB 
 
Citing electronic sources is not all that different from citing traditional printed ones.  Citations to NTDB 
and NESEDB require just a few different pieces of information. 
 
Information to Include in a Citation 
 
1.	The agency that produced the information. 
2.	The title of the NTDB or NESEDB Item, including any numbers included as part of the title--
corresponds to an article or statistical table in a printed source. 
3.	The Item ID number. 
4.	The title of the Program--corresponds to the printed publication. 
5.	The date of the Program--corresponds to an issue of a periodical or edition of a statistical 
compendium. 
6.	The full title of the disc you are using, including an indication of CD-ROM format. 
7.	Place, publisher, and date of the disc. 
 
Sample NTDB Citation 
 
	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration. "Australia -- Golfing Video 
Purchase -- IMI921120" [Item ID IT MARKET 111103767], Market Research Reports, December 23, 
1993. In National Trade Data Bank [CD-ROM].  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics 
and Statistics Administration, Office of Business Analysis, January 1993. 
 
Sample NESEDB Citation 
 
	Small Business Administration.  "Chapter III--Employment in Small Business Dominated 
Industries" [Item ID SB ECNIND CHAP03], Current Economic Indicators, 1991.  In National Economic, 
Social, and Environmental Data Bank [CD-ROM].  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 
Economics and Statistics Administration, Office of Business Analysis, October 1992. 
 
These examples are based on Turabian style, but you should be able to adapt them to APA, MLA or other 
style manuals as long as you include the essential pieces of information.  Just remember that complete 
citations serve two basic purposes: to document the authority of your information and to help you and 
others find it again later. 
 
 
Prepared by Jim Hammons, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA