Citing Online Sources in APA Style

CITING ONLINE SOURCES IN APA STYLE

For additional information on APA (American Psychological Association) style, see the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association in the Reference collection, REF BF 76.7 .P83 2010, or the APA website: www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx

1. WEBPAGE on an Internet Site

Author's last name, author's initials. ( Date or last update Year, Month Day or n.d. if no date). Title. Retrieved from full URL or site’s homepage URL, whichever takes you to the source more reliably

Example: (Start with title if no author stated.)

Sharpe, M. (2000, Nov. 19). Bird feeding tips. Retrieved from
http://birdsource.cornell.edu/pfw/birdfeedingtips.htm

2. ONLINE MAGAZINE ARTICLE (page 200 of Publication manual)

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Name of magazine,
volume (issue number), pages. Retrieved from URL of the magazine's home page

Example: (Start with title of article if no author stated.)

Desktop computers: Fast, faster, fastest. (2000, September). Consumer Reports, 65(9), 28-32.
Retrieved from http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm

3. ONLINE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (page 200 of Publication manual)

Author’s last name, author’s initials. (Year, Month Day). Title of Article. Name of
Newspaper. Retrieved from URL of the newspaper’s home page

Example:

Broad, W. J. (2006, November 3). U.S. web archive is said to reveal a nuclear primer. New York
Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/

4. JOURNAL ARTICLE with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) (page 198 of Publication manual)

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume (issue
number), pages. doi:10.xxxx/xxxxxxxxxx

Example:

McNamara, S. (2005). Synergy, energy, and teamwork. AORN Journal, 82 (3), 353-357.
doi:10.1016/S0001-2092(06)60329-3

5. JOURNAL ARTICLE without a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) (page 199 of Publication manual)

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume (Issue
number), pages. Retrieved from URL of the journal's home page

Example:

Ibia, E. O., Schwartz, R. H., & Wiedermann, B. L. (2000). Antibiotic rashes in children. Archives
of Dermatology, 136(7), 849-854. Retrieved from http://archderm.ama-assn.org

6. ENTIRE BOOK with a DOI ( Digital Object Identifier) (pp. 202-203 of Publication manual)

Author (or Publisher). (Year). Title (edition). doi:10.xxxx/xxxx.xxxxxxxxxx

Example:

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders (4^th ed., text rev.). doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349

7. ENTIRE BOOK FROM A DATABASE without a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) (pp. 202-203 of Publication Manual)

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Book title (edition). Place of publication:
Publisher if available. Retrieved from URL of database or database name and accession number

Example:

Coppin, B. (2004). Artificial intelligence illuminated. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Retrieved from http://www.books24x7.com/books24x7.asp

8. CHAPTER in a book or entry in a reference book with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) (pp. 202-204 of Publication manual)

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Title of chapter or entry. In Editor's name (Ed.), Title of
book (xx ed., pp. xxx-xxx). Place of publication: Publisher. doi:10.xxx.xxxxxxxxxx

Example:

Strong, E. K., Jr., & Uhrbrock, R. S. (1923). Bibliography on job analysis. In L. Outhwaite (Series
Ed.), Personnel Research Series: Vol. 1. Job analysis and the curriculum (pp. 140-146).
doi: 10.1037/10762-000

9. CHAPTER in a book or entry in a reference book without a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)(pp. 202-205 of Publication manual)

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Title of chapter or entry. In Editor's name (Ed.), Title
of book (xx ed., pp. xxx-xxx). Place of publication: Publisher. Retrieved from full URL or site’s
homepage URL, whichever takes you to the source more reliably

Example: (Start with title of entry if no author stated. Use (n.d.) if there is no date or year.)

Expressionism. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary (11^th ed.). Retrieved from
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expressionism

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REMEMBER: If you cannot find the author, publisher, etc., for an online source, cite what is available. For further assistance, please ask a reference librarian.

A NOTE ON CITING ONLINE SOURCES IN THE TEXT OF A PAPER

For parenthetical references, cite the work using the author's name (or the title if there is no author) that begins the corresponding entry in the References list. Use the date and page number, if available. For example, (Ryan, 1999, 12).
Do not use the printout page number because the pagination varies, depending on the printout.
If there are no fixed page numbers, use the designated paragraph number, if available, preceded by the abbreviation "para.". For example, (Baker, 1998, para. 2).
If there are no page numbers or paragraph numbers, use the section heading and the number of the paragraph following it to direct the reader. For example, (Michaels, 2001, Introduction section, para. 4)

Rev. kf/sb/ 09/09