How to Cite a Corporate Website APA Style

Writers can find abundant information about corporations and related content from the corporations' websites, making them an excellent source of information. While the content on these websites is freely available online, it is extremely important to reference the corporate website used in the paper to avoid plagiarism and to increase credibility. APA Style is a user-friendly referencing style commonly used in the social sciences. APA Style outlines specific guidelines for citing corporate websites.

Instructions

    • 1

      Cite a corporate website in-text, giving only the websites URL in parentheses, if you did not use any specific information from the website or any of the Web pages. For example, the in-text citations for the website corporatewebsite.com would look like this:

      The Corporate Website database allows users to easily research the website of their favorite corporations (http://www.corporatewebsites.com).

      No additional entry in the references is needed.

    • 2

      Cite a corporate website with corporate author in the reference list when specific information is referenced from the website.

      Collect the corporate name, the title of the Web page or article, the date and the Web page URL.

      For example, if the corporate name is Corporate Website Management, the title of the Web page is "How to Use the Corporate Website Database," the date of the article is January 2011 and the Webpage URL is http://www.corporatewebsites.com/how-to-use-database.html, the citation should look like this (except indent only the second line of the citation):

      Corporate Website Management. (2011, January). How to Use the Corporate Website Database. Retrieved from http://www.corporatewebsites.com/how-to-use-database.html.

    • 3

      Cite a corporate website with personal author, when specific information is referenced from the website, in the reference list.

      Collect the author's name, name of corporate website, the title of the webpage or article, the date and the webpage URL.

      For example, if the author's name is John Jones, the corporate website's name is Corporate Website Management, the title of the Web page is "How to use the Corporate Website Database," the date of the article is January 2011 and the Web page URL is http://www.corporatewebsites.com/how-to-use-database.html, the citation should look like this (except you should indent the second line of the citation and italicize the website's name):

      Jones, J. (2011, January). How to Use the Corporate Website Database. Corporate Website Management. Retrieved from http://www.corporatewebsites.com/how-to-use-database.html.

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