How to Write a Bibliography Website Using APA

As both a student and a professional writer, it is important to cite sources of information to avoid plagiarism and to be sure that your articles and term papers are polished and professional. When writing about a subject that falls within the social sciences, it is common to use American Psychological Association (APA) Format. APA Format has clear guidelines when it comes to correctly referencing a website.

Instructions

    • 1

      Write the name of the website's author with the last name first, followed by a comma, and then the author's first initial, followed by a period. If the website is authored by an organization rather than an individual, list the full name of the organization as the author.

    • 2

      Write the date on which the specific web page you are referencing was published. Use the following format, including the parentheses. Make sure that the period is outside the parentheses.

      (Year, Month Day).

      If no date of publication is given, use the abbreviation n.d. for "no date."

      (n.d.).

    • 3

      Write the title of the web page document in italics, followed by a period.

    • 4

      Write the full URL of the website in the following format:

      Retrieved at www.nameofwebsite.com/page1/page2/thispage

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