Citing Online Sources in APA Style

For additional information on APA (American Psychological Association) style, see the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association in the Reference collection, REF BF 76.7 .P83 2001, or the APA website.

1. INTERNET SITE: Webpage on an Internet Site

Author's last name, author's initials. (Copyright Date or last update Year, Month Day or n.d.

if no date). Title. Retrieved Month day, year, from URL or web address

Example: (Start with title if no author stated.)

Sharpe, M. (2000, Nov. 19). Bird feeding tips. Retrieved August 15, 2000,

from http://birdsource.cornell.edu/pfw/birdfeedingtips.htm

2. MAGAZINE article from a full text database available through the library

Author's last name, author's initials. (Date Year, Month Day). Title of article. Name of magazine,

volume, pages. Retrieved Month day, year, from Name of database.

Example: (Start with title if no author stated.)

Desktop computers: Fast, faster, fastest. (2000, September). Consumer Reports,

65, 28-32. Retrieved August 8, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.

3. MAGAZINE article from the magazine's website:

Author's last name, author's initials. (Date Year, Month Day). Title of article. Name of

    magazine, volume, pages. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL or web address

Example: (Start with title if no author stated.)

Mulrine, A. (2000, August 14). Turbulence at command central. US News Online, Retrieved

    August 8, 2007, from http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/00814/air.b2/htm

4. JOURNAL article from a full text database available through the library:

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume

    (issue number), pages. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from Name of database

Example:

McNamara, S. (2005). Synergy, energy, and teamwork. AORN Journal, 82 (3), 353-357.

    Retrieved May 5, 2006, from ProQuest Research Library database.

5. JOURNAL article from the journal's website:

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume (Issue

    number), pages. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL or web address

Example:

Ibia, E. O., & Wiedermann, B.L. (2000). Antibiotic rashes in children. Archives of

    Dermatology, 137 (7). Retrieved July 14, 2000, from

    http://archderm.amaassn.org/issues/v136n7/full/dst9060.html

6. BOOK: Part of a book from a full text database available through the library:

Author's last name, author's initials. (Year). Title of part. In Editor's name (Ed.), Book title

    (edition). Place of publication: Publisher if available. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from

    Name of database.

Example:

Buxton, J. (1996). Margaret Atwood: Overview. In S. Windisch Brown (Ed.),

    Contemporary Novelists (6th ed.). St. James Press. Retrieved August 16, 2000, from

    Literature Resource Center database.

7. BOOK: Entire book from a full text database available through the library:

Author's last name, author's initials. (Date or last update). Book title (edition). Place of

publication: Publisher if available. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from Name of database.

Example:

Coppin, B. (2004). Artificial intelligence illuminated. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Retrieved August 16, 2006, from Books 24x7 database.

8. BOOK: Part of a book from a website:

Author's last name, author's initials. (Date or last update). Title of chapter, story, etc. In

    Editor's name (Ed.), Book title (Edition). Place of publication: Publisher. Retrieved

    Month Day, Year, from URL or web address

Example: (Start with title of part if no author stated.)

Expressionism. (2001). In Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed.). New York: Columbia University

    Press. Retrieved January 17, 2002, from http://www.bartleby.com/65/

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REMEMBER: If you cannot find the author, publisher, etc., for the online source, cite what is available. For further assistance, please ask a reference librarian.

A NOTE ON CITING ONLINE SOURCES IN THE TEXT OF A PAPER

For parenthetical references, cite the work using the author's name (or the title if there is no author) that begins the corresponding entry in the References list. Use the date and page number, if available. For example, (Ryan, 1999, 12).
Do not use the printout page number because the pagination varies, depending on the hardware used.
If there are no fixed page numbers, use the designated paragraph number, if available, preceded by the abbreviation "para.". For example, (Baker, 1998, para. 2).
If there are no page numbers or paragraph numbers, use the section heading and the number of the paragraph following it to direct the reader. For example, (Michaels, 2001, Introduction section, para. 4)

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