APA Referencing Guide 7th Edition: Webpage

Helpful Tips

• When citing sources that you find on the Internet you only need to include a retrieval date if the information you viewed is likely to change over time.  If you reference an article from a news source (e.g., RTE, Virgen Media News, BBC) or a site that may experience continuous updates, you would then need to include a retrieval date.
• New in 7th edition: You must include the site name in your citation unless the site name is the same as the corporate author. For example, a citation of a CDC report would not include the site name.

 

General Format:  Author, A.A. (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage, Website name. URL

 

           In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):      (Author Surname, Year)

           In-Text Citation (Quotation):        (Author Surname, Year, page or paragraph number [if available])

References:  

Personal or Corporate Author. (Last update or copyright date; if not known, put n.d.).Title of a specific document. Website name (if needed). URL of a specific document

Example 1   (Personal or Corporate Author)

           In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):       (Ahmadi, 2018)

           In-Text Citation (Quotation):         (Ahmadi, 2018, para. 3)

References: 

Ahmadi, S. (2018). Lesson plan: Filter bubbles. Digital Writing & Research Lab. https://www.dwrl.utexas.edu/2018/01/02/lesson-plan-filter-bubbles/

 

Example 2   (Group / Organisation).

• If the source is written by a group of authors (organisation), use the name of the group/organisation. 

           General Format:   Organisation. (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage. Website name. URL

           In-text Citation: 1st Citation (American Psychological Association [APA], 2020) Subsequent Citations: (APA, 2020) 

Reference:

American Psychological Association. (2020, July 15). Psychology topics. APA. https://www.apa.org/topics

 

Example 3    (Author is unknown)

• If the author is unknown, use the title instead. 
• Include a retrieval date if the source's content is likely ot change over the time. 

General Format: Title of webpage. (Year, Month Day). Website name. Retrieved Month Date, Year,from URL 

Reference:  APA format citation guide. (2017, August 24). Mendeley. Retrieved March 24, 2021, from https://www.mendeley.com.guides/apa-citation-guide

 

Example 4   (Date of Publication not available). 

• If the date of publication is not available, use the abbreviation "n.d." instead. 

General Format:    

Author, A. A. (n.d.). Title of webpage. Website name URL 

Example: 

NASA. (n.d.). Overview: Weather, global warming and climate change, NASA.  https://climate.nasa.gov/resources/glassao

 Reference Source:  APA 7th Ed Manual Made Easy: Full concise Guide Simplified for Students). p61