How to Reference Web Sites in APA Format
- 1). Find credible online sources for the paper you are writing. Bookmark them, and print them out.
- 2
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Highlight relevant information on your print outs. Look for bylines, dates and any information on who is responsible for the information. Look at the page's title and the root of the URL for clues. - 3). Write your paper and come to a point were you will have to cite an online source. Use the author's name and put the source's year of publication at the end of the sentence. It should look like: As A. Prof writes, "This is a quote" (2010).
- 4). Put the author's name into the citation, if you put the facts or conclusions into your own words without any context. This way, the citation should look: This sentence borrows facts from an article (Prof, 2010).
- 5). Use the letters "n.d." if you can't find a year of publication on the website. The letters stand for "no date." For example: As A. Prof writes, "This is a quote from the website" (n.d.).
- 6). Use keywords in quotation marks from the article's title, if you can't find a byline on the website. For example: This sentence borrows facts from an article ("Practices and Policies," 2010).
- 7). Use title keywords and the letters "n.d." if you can't find a name or a year of publication on the website. For example: This sentence borrows facts ("Practices and Policies," n.d.).
- 1). Create a space in your alphabetized reference list for the article.
- 2). Write a reference list citation for the source using the following format: Writer's Last name, A, (Year of publication). Webpage's title. Retrieved from (copy and paste the URL here). It should look like Prof, A. (2010). Headaches and APA Style. Retrieved from http://www.fakenetsite.com/menu/headache.htm
- 3). Use the website's title as a name, if you can't find a writer's byline.
- 4). Start the reference citation with the title, if you can't find a writer's byline.
- 5). Start with the title, and use "n.d." if you can't find a byline or a date of publication.
