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APA Citation Style 7th Edition

Resources for learning how to cite your sources using APA Style 7th Edition guidelines.

Webpages and Websites (7th edition)

Author Date Title Source
Website Name URL

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.

 

Name of Group.

(2020).

(2020, August).

(2020, September 28).

(n.d.).

 Title of work. Site Name.

https://xxxxx

Retrieved December 22, 2020, from https://xxxxx
  • Provide as specific a date as is available on the webpage. This might be a year only; a year and month; or a year, month, and day.
  • Italicize the title of a webpage.
  • When the author of the webpage and the publisher of the website are the same, omit the publisher name to avoid repetition.
  • When contents of a page are meant to be updated over time but are not archived, include a retrieval date in the reference.

Use this format for articles published in online news sources (e.g., BBC News, Bloomberg, CNN, Huffpost, MSNBC, Reuters, Vox). To cite articles from online magazines or newspapers, see Magazines or Newspapers.

 

Reference List

Woodyatt, A. (2019, September 10). Daytime naps once or twice a week may be linked to a healthy heart, researchers say. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/health/nap-heart-health-wellness-intl-scli/index.html

 

In-Text Citations

Parenthetical citations:

  • Paraphrase: (Woodyatt, 2019)
  • Quotation: (Woodyatt, 2019, para. 8)

Narrative citation: Woodyatt (2019)

Reference List

World Health Organization. (2018, May 24). The top 10 causes of death. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death

  • When the author and site name are the same, omit the site name from the source element.

  • When the author and the publisher of the website or document are the same, omit the publisher name to avoid repetition.

 

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical citation:

  • Paraphrase: (World Health Organization, 2018)
  • Quotation: (World Health Organization, 2018, para. 3)

Narrative citation: World Health Organization (2018)

Reference List

Martin Lillie, C. M. (2016, December 29). Be kind to yourself: How self-compassion can improve your resiliency. Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/self-compassion-can-improve-your-resiliency/art-20267193 

 

In-Text Citations

Parenthetical citations:

  • Paraphrase: (Martin Lillie, 2016)
  • Quotation: (Martin Lillie, 2016, "Loving Kindness Meditation" section)

Narrative citation: Martin Lillie (2016)

Reference List

National Nurses United. (n.d.). What employers should do to protect RNs from Zika. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/what-employers-should-do-to-protect-rns-from-zika

 

In-Text Citations

Parenthetical citations:

  • Paraphrase: (National Nursed United, n.d.)
  • Quotation: (National Nursed United, n.d., "Preventing Nurses Exposure" section)

Narrative Citation: National Nursed United (n.d.)

Include a retrieval date only if the work is unarchived and designed to change over time. Most references do not include retrieval dates.

 

Reference List

U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). U.S. and world population clock. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved July 3, 2019, from https://www.census.gov/popclock/

 

In-Text Citations

Parenthetical citation: (U.S. Census Bureau, n.d.)

Narrative citation: U.S. Census Bureau (n.d.)

 

Citation Template

 

Author

Date

Title

 Source
Publisher Information DOI or URL

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.

Name of Group.

(2020).

(2020, May 2).

Title of report.

Title of report (Report No. 123).

 Publisher Name.

https://doi.org/xxxx

https://xxxxx

Reference List

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

  • TIP: The specific agency responsible for the report appears as the author. The names of parent agencies not present in the group author name appear in the source element as the publisher. This creates concise in-text citations and complete reference list entries.

 

In-Text Citations

Parenthetical citations:

  • Paraphrase: (National Cancer Institute, 2019)
  • Quotation: (National Cancer Institute, 2019, p. 53)

Narrative citation: National Cancer Institute (2019)

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