How to Cite Electronic Material in APA

APA style citations refers to the standards set by the American Psychological Association for documenting reference material used in an article or paper. Most college assignments in the social sciences require the use of APA style formatting. How you cite reference material obtained from the Internet can vary depending on the material and what information is available about that reference.

Instructions

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      Insert the last name or names of the author or authors and the date of the online publication when citing a document from a website in the text of the paper. There are two options for doing this. You can write, for example: Smith and Jones (2007) state the sky is blue. The other option is to cite after the statement like this: The sky is blue (Smith and Jones, 2007).

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      Write the entire website address in parentheses if you are citing the website and not a particular document with known authors. For example: The sky is blue (http://www.websitename.com).

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      Record your references in a "References" page at the end of the paper as well. For a document online with an author the format is: Last Name, First Name Initial. (Year, Month). Document Title. Publication Title and volume if available, page number. Retrieved Month, Day, Year from the World Wide Web: http://www.websitename.com. If the author name or original posting date is not available then omit that information.

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      Cite email communications within the text in this format: The sky is blue (A. Smith, personal communication, Month, Day, Year). You do not have to cite email communications in the References page.

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