How to Cite an Online Health Enterprise

Many health enterprises and health care corporations maintain websites that provide health-related information. If you use any of that information to compose an essay or term paper, it is necessary to list the website in a reference list at the end of your paper. Follow the general format for the citation of non-periodical Internet sources. Both the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) publish guidelines for the citation of web pages.

Instructions

  1. Citing an Online Health Enterprise in APA Format

    • 1

      List the author. If the author is an individual, list the name as follows:

      Smith, P.

      If the author is an organization, list the name as follows:

      Southern Indiana Healthcare Network.

    • 2

      List the date of publication in a year, month day format. This should appear in parentheses and be followed by a period. For example:

      (2011, January 9).

      If no date is given, use the following:

      (n.d.).

    • 3

      List the title of the page or document, followed by a period. In accordance with APA style, capitalize only the first letter of the title, along with the first letters of any proper nouns. For example:

      Hospital plants in central Indiana deteriorating rapidly, study finds.

    • 4

      List the full URL in the following format:

      Retrieved from http://www.sih.com/health/art12357/find/news

    • 5

      Ensure that the finished citation appears in the following format:

      Southern Indiana Healthcare Network. (2011, January 9). Hospital plants in central Indiana deteriorating rapidly, study finds. Retrieved from http://www.sih.com/health/art12357/find/news

    Citing an Online Health Enterprise in MLA Format

    • 6

      List the author. If the author is an individual, list the name as follows:

      Smith, Paul.

      If the author is an organization, list the name as follows:

      Southern Indiana Healthcare Network.

    • 7

      List the title of the document or page in quotation marks, followed by a period. For example:

      "Hospital Plants in Central Indiana Deteriorating Rapidly, Study Finds."

    • 8

      List the name of the website in italics, followed by a period. For example:

      sih.com.

    • 9

      List the name of the publisher, followed by a comma. For example:

      Southern Indiana Healthcare Network,

    • 10

      List the date of publication in a day month year format, followed by a period. Abbreviate the names of months to three letters. For example:

      9 Jan. 2011.

      If no date is given, use the following:

      n.d.

    • 11

      List the medium of publication, followed by a period. This should appear as follows:

      Web.

    • 12

      List the date on which you accessed the site in a day month year format, followed by a period. Abbreviate the names of months to three letters. For example:

      18 Apr. 2011.

    • 13

      List the full URL in angle brackets directly beneath the finished citation, if required by your instructor. MLA doesn't require a URL as part of the citation, but some instructors prefer for you to include it. For example:

      <http://www.sih.com/health/art12357/find/news>

    • 14

      Ensure that the finished citation appears in the following format, adding the URL only if required:

      Southern Indiana Healthcare Network. "Hospital Plants in Central Indiana Deteriorating Rapidly, Study Finds." sih.com. Southern Indiana Healthcare Network, 9 Jan. 2011. Web. 18 Apr. 2011.

      <http://www.sih.com/health/art12357/find/news>

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