How to Cite Internet Resources in an Essay Using APA

Citing Sources In-Text Using APA

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  Write out the sentence that includes the Internet source's information.

• 2

  Add a parenthesis to the end of the sentence, before the punctuation.

• 3

  List the author of the information. If the author is not known, use the title instead. Follow this information with a comma.

• 4

  Add the publication date after the comma.

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  Close the information with another parenthesis, and follow it with punctuation to end your sentence.

Citing Sources in the Reference Section Using APA

• 6

  List the author followed by a period, ordering the name as: Last name, First name and initial.

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  List the date of publication in parentheses, followed by a period on the outside of the parentheses.

• 8

  List the title of the article or section of text followed by a period.

• 9

  List the website or overall webpage where the article can be found (eg, In Title of Document). The title should be italicized, with the exception of the word "In." Follow the information with a period.

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  List the URL of the webpage (eg, Retrieved from http://www.webpageaddresshere.com/).