How to Cite Webpage Sources in APA Style

The American Psychological Association (APA) was founded in 1892 by a group of men who were interested in what they called "the new psychology," according to the association's website. APA style, however, was not developed until 1929, when a set of members created a standard of style procedures to organize, format and reference citations for scientific writing. Today APA style is used worldwide as a standard structure for technical writing. APA style's citations are more thorough than the citations of its counterpart, Modern Language Association style, and they are especially difficult when handling website or web page sources.

Instructions

  1. Online Article

    • 1

      Gather the following information about an online article: its author, date of publication, title, volume number and the full web address of the page on which the article appears.

    • 2

      Write the author, date of publication and title of the article on the first line of the citation. Place the date of publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date of publication and the article's title. An example is: Mead, R (April 2011). Jackie's Juvenilia. Place the title in italics.

    • 3

      Skip one line after the citation's first line, and indent for the second line of the citation. On the second line, put the title of the online periodical followed by the volume number if it is available. It would read: The New Yorker. (No volume number.)

    • 4

      Skip another line, and indent the third line. On the third line, write "Retrieved from" and the web page's full address. An example is: Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/04/11/11

    Online Interview

    • 5

      Gather the following information about an online interview: author, date of publication, title of the interview and the full address of the web page on which the interview appears.

    • 6

      Write the author, date of publication and title on the citation's first line. Place the date of the publication in parentheses and then a period. Also put a period after the title of the interview. Put the title in italics. An example is: Stephenson, W (July 1996). A Conversation With Francis Davis.

    • 7

      Skip one line, and indent for the citation's second line. The second line should read "Retrieved from" and then the web page's full address. An example is: Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/jazz/davisint.html

      If the web page address does not fit on one line, skip down to the next line, indent and finish the web address.

    Non-Periodical Web Page

    • 8

      Collect the following information for a non-periodical web page citation: author, date of publication, the document's title and the web page's full address.

    • 9

      Write the author, date of publication and document's title on the first line of the citation. Put the date of publication in parentheses followed by a period. Place a period after the document's title, too. Italicize the title. An example of the citation's first line is: Johnson, J. M. (1999). History of Paper Dolls.

    • 10

      Skip one line, and indent for the citation's second line. The second line begins with "Retrieved from" and includes the web page's full address. An example is: Retrieved from http://www.opdag.com/History.html

    Weblogs/Blogs

    • 11

      Find the following information for a weblog, or blog, citation: author, date when you pulled the information from the blog, title of the blog and the day the blog was written.

    • 12

      Write the author, the day you pulled the information from the blog and the title on the citation's first line. Place the date when you pulled the information in parentheses. Do not italicize the title of the blog. Include a period after the author, date the information was pulled and the title. An example is: C Laverty. (2011, April 5). To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly's Beach Wear.

    • 13

      Skip one space, and indent for the next line of the citation. In brackets, include whether the source is a blog post or a blog comment, followed by a period. Then write "Retrieved from" followed by the web page's full address and a period. An example is: [web post]. Retrieved from http://clothesonfilm.com/to-catch-a-thief-grace-kelly-beach-wear/19433/.

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