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APA Web Guide

Web documents have many of the same elements as print documents, although with some adjustments, since web documents are so frequently moved or removed from a site. Web documents may not have page numbers, publication dates, authors, etc, but it is important to state whatever information you have. All examples below give a retrieval date (the last date the article has been seen online), so that users will know when information may be out of date, or why it may no longer be found.

Citing References in the Body of the Paper

Follow the author/date format as you would for a print resource. If you are citing a direct quote and there is no page number, use the name of the chapter or heading where the quote appears.

Reference Lists and Bibliographies

Provide as much of the following information as possible, including any volume or issue numbers for online periodicals:

  • Author's name. (date of publication or last revision). Title of document. Title of Complete Work. Volume (issue), pages. Retrieved month, day, year from http://put.url.here

Website as a Whole

If you are referring to a web site in its entirety, just refer to the name and address of the Web site in the text of your paper.

  • New York Online Access to Health. Retrieved May 20, 2010, from http://www.noah-health.org/

Part of a Website

  • Raimondo, J. & Cohen, E. (1999). Art safari: An adventure in looking, for children and adults. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Retrieved May 20, 2010, from http://www.moma.org/interactives/artsafari/

Online Version of a Print Journal

  • Brookhart, S. M. (2008). Feedback that fits [Electronic version]. Educational Leadership. 65(4), 54-59.

Online Journal Only

  • Yerrick, R., & Johnson, J. (2009). Meeting the needs of middle grade science learners through pedagogical and technological intervention. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. 9(3). Retrieved May 21, 2010, from http://www.citejournal.org/vol9/iss3/science/article1.cfm

Citing Articles from Electronic Databases

Include the article title, author, journal name, database name, and date article was retrieved. You do not need to include the database website address.

Author. (publication date). Title of article. Title of periodical. Volume (issue), pages. Retrieved month day, year, from Put name here database.

  • Goodnough, A. (1999, November 10). Helping city schools bring a taste of the arts to students. The New York Times, p.B15. Retrieved December 11, 1999, from Lexis-Nexis database.
  • Weinbaum, B. (1999). The practice of performance in teaching multicultural literature. Multicultural Education. 7(1), 16-24. Retrieved December 11, 1999, from Wilson Select Plus database.
  • Zelden, C. L. (1999). From rights to resources: The southern federal district courts and the transformation of civil rights in education, 1968-1974. Akron Law Review. 39(471). Retrieved December 11, 1999, from Academic Search Premier database.

Reference List

Here are some places that give more help and examples on APA citations.

  1. OWL Purdue online Writing Lab
  2. Bank Street College of Education Graduate School. (2008). A writer's handbook. New York, NY: Bank Street College of Education.
  3. American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Call# 808.027 A512p6
  4. American Psychological Association. (2005). Concise rules of APA style. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Call# 808.027 C744r 2005