Examples of citing a website in apa format

Using the web to find information for your APA format school paper is the easiest way for students. Since it’s easy to upload content daily or even hourly, the information is current.  Follow the APA 7 citation format for the source and add the website address at the end.

Examples of citing a website in apa format

Basic APA Citation Format

Websites can offer a plethora of resources for your APA format paper. However, remember that not everything online is a reliable source. For example, you can look at the URL of the website and review the publisher and author. Website addresses that end in edu or .gov are typically reliable.

To cite resources from a website, use the basic APA citation format. Include the URL or DOI but do not place a period after the web address.

Author, A. (Date). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Publisher. https://www.xxxxxxx.com

If there is no author, use the organization’s name or the title of the article in its place.

No Author

Example

American College Health Association. (2015). National College Health Assessment II: Spring 2015 reference group executive summary. http://www.acha-ncha.org/reports_ACHA-NCHAII.html

Newspaper Article

Example

Roth, C. (2019, November 11). Group gathers at state Capitol in support of DACA on eve of Supreme Court case. Arizona Republic. https://www.azcentral.com

Online Magazine Article Citation

Examples of citing a website in apa format

Example

Haidt, J. & Rose-Stockwell, T. (2019, December). The dark psychology of social networks: Why it feels like everything is going haywire. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/

Online Journal Article Citation

Example

Lakoff, G. (2014). Mapping the brain’s metaphor circuitry: Metaphorical thought in everyday reason. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (8). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4267278/

Electronic Book Citation

Ebook Citation Example

Jha, N. (2011). English speaking and grammar through Hindi. BookRix. https://www.bookrix.com/_ebook-niranjan-jha-english-speaking-and-grammar-through-hindi/

Print/Online Book Citation Example

London, J. (2008). The call of the wild [Ebook #215]. The Project Gutenberg.  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/215/215-h/215-h.htm

Blog Post Citation

Blog Citation Example

Millard, D. (2019, November 8). The Public Domain Review rockets the oddities of the past into the present. The Outline. https://theoutline.com/post/8208/the-public-domain-review-rockets-the-oddities-of-the-past-into-the-present

Blog Comment Citation

Example

Brodsky, J. (2019, November 6). An inspiring story for writers: Could this be you someday [Comment on the blog post “An Inspiring Story for Writers: Could This Be Someday?]. Kathy Steinemann. https://kathysteinemann.com/Musings/impact/#more-4569

Online Forum Message Citation

Example

SocialButterfly. (2018, November 23). How do I tell a family member that they have gained weight in a polite encouraging way. [Comment on the blog post “How to talk to family”]. Quora. https://www.quora.com/

Video Blog Post Citation

Example

Bialik, M. (n.d.). Stigma free [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8gKy5eKupw

Online Map Citation

Example

United States Geological Survey. (1960).  Albuquerque West. USGS AASG. https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/overlay/NM/NM_Albuquerque%20West_193696_1960_24000_geo.jpg

Podcast Citation

Example

Taylor, H. [Executive Producer]. (2019, November 10). Season 14: Theory and technique. [Audio podcast episode]. Writing Excuses. https://writingexcuses.com/

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Johnson, A. (2018, May 24). “It doesn’t need to be this way”: The promise of specialised early intervention in psychosis services. IEPA. https://iepa.org.au/network-news/it-doesnt-need-to-be-this-way-the-promise-of-specialised-early-intervention-in-psychosis-services/

Where a title already contains punctuation, such as the double quotes in the above example, retain these in your reference.

Webpage on a Website: Group Author and no date

Of course, massage is also effective for many musculoskeletal disorders (Association of Massage Therapists, n.d.).

Association of Massage Therapists. (n.d.). Benefits of massage.  http://www.amt.org.au/massage-and-you/benefits-of-massage.html

Use the abbreviation n.d. (no date) in place of the year of publication.

When the author and the site name are the same, omit the site name.

Webpage on a Website: Retrieval date required Australia's population as at January 2020 is 25,577,330, and is increasing at the rate of one person every 1 minute and 23 seconds (Australian Bureau of Statistics, n.d.).

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (n.d.). Population clock. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/ 1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument

Use (n.d.) in place of the year and include a retrieval statement for any webpage where the contents are continuously updated and not archived.

Where the author and name of a webpage are the same, omit the site name.

Web Document: Organisational author Exercise may be the last thing you feel like doing, but it can help (Black Dog Institute, 2017).

Black Dog Institute. (2017). Managing depression with exercise. https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/docs/default-source/factsheets/managingdepressionwithexercise.pdf?sfvrsn=16

Web Document: No Author

…may not predict outcomes in later life (Researchers Replicate Famous, 2018).

OR

A recent article, Researchers Replicate Famous (2018), revisited earlier findings…

When a work has no identified author, cite in-text the first few words of the reference entry (usually the title) and the year. If the title is italicised in the Reference List, also use italics in the in text citation. Use Title Case in the in text citation, even though sentence case is used in the Reference List.

Researchers replicate famous marshmallow test, make new observations. (2018, May 25). Medical Xpress. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-replicate-famous-marshmallow.html?utm_source=tabs&utm_medium=link&utm _campaign=story-tabs

Web Document: MIMS Online

Plavix, generic name Clopidogrel has been effective in treating… (MIMS Australia, 2019).

MIMS Australia. (2019, December 1). Plavix. In MIMS Online. https://www-mimsonline-
com-au.ap1.proxy.openathens.net/Search/FullPI.aspx?ModuleName=Product%
20Info&searchKeyword=plavix&PreviousPage=~/Search/QuickSearch.
aspx&SearchType=&ID=40890001_2

Publication date: Use revision date as listed.

Blog Post & Comment

…attempts to dissuade inadvertently entrench a mistaken belief (Stafford, 2018).

…withdrawal from antipsychotic medications (markps2, 2017).

Note that the author's screen name does not have any capitals, so we retain it exactly as found, both in-text and in the Reference list (see right).

Stafford, T. (2018, January 3). The backfire effect is elusive. Mind Hacks. https://mindhacks.com/2018/01/03/the-backfire-effect-is-elusive/

A blog comment where the author uses a username or screen name would be referenced as follows:

markps2. (2017, May 31). For researchers to study… when people stop taking “Antipsychotics also known as neuroleptics or major tranquilizers” they can have withdrawal [Comment on the article "What triggers that feeling of being watched?"]. Mind Hacks. https://mindhacks.com/2017/05/26/what-triggers-that-feeling-of-being-watched/#comments

If the comment has no title, use the first up to 20 words of the comment as the title, retaining punctuation.

How do you cite a website example?

Author last name, First name. “Page Title.” Website Name. Month Day, Year. URL.

How do you reference a website in APA 7th example?

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of online content: Subtitle. Website Name. URL.