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APA 7th Edition Guide

This guide provides an overview of the APA citation style and provides students with basic information to begin learning and applying this style in their academic writing.

Creating a Reference for a Webpage

Webpage Reference

References are composed of four elements:

Author. (Date). TitleSource.

Use the chart below to identify the pieces of information needed to create a reference for a web page or article found on a website that is not published in a magazine or academic journal.

Note: Each element of the reference ends with a period except URLs.

Note. Adapted from Reference Examples, Textual Works, section 10.1 in the Publication Manual (7th ed.) (American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 351).

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

Example References for Webpages

Webpage with Author
Reference In-Text Citation

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year, Month day). Webpage or article title. Website Name. https://URL

Mahon, J. (2020, May 6). COVID-19: Agriculture’s ominous feeling about the pandemic. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2020/covid-19-agricultures-ominous-feeling-about-the-pandemic

(Mahon, 2020).

 

OR

 

Mahon (2020) noted that…

Webpage with Group Author
Reference In-Text Citation

Group Author Name. (Year, Month day). Webpage or article title. Website Name. https://URL

National Institutes of Health. (2020, May 7). NIH-funded study links early sleep problems to autism diagnosis among at risk children. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-study-links-early-sleep-problems-autism-diagnosis-among-risk-children

NOTE: When the author and website name are the same, omit the website name from the source element.

(National Institutes of Health, 2020).

 

OR

 

In their study, the National Institutes of Health (2020) defined…

Webpage with No Author
Reference In-Text Citation

Web article title. (Date of Posting/Revision). Website Name. https://URL

 

Coronavirus: Will we ever shake hands again. (2020, May 6). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52506079

(“Coronavirus,” 2020).

OR

According to the article “Coronavirus” (2020), customs are…

Webpage with No Date
Reference In-Text Citation

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (n.d.). Webpage or article title. Website Name. http://URL

Luckenbill, J. (n.d.). 13 things babies learn when we read to them. NAEYC. https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/13-things-babies-learn-when-we-read-them

(Luckenbill, n.d.).

OR

Luckenbill (n.d.) recommends…

APA Academic Writer


Find example references for a wide variety of resource types in APA Academic Writer.  Click on the Learn tab, then click on the Go to Sample References button.  Scroll through the alphabetical list of resource types and click on the type that matches the resource you are citing to view an example reference.  Click the Learn More link for additional information.