APA Style Guide: Web pages

Information about citing e-mail messages, websites with no author, entire websites, and more can be found in the APA Style Frequently Asked Questions page under the References section.

The Purdue OWL has a detailed page with examples of electronic resources in APA format.

Inside your paper, give credit to the works you quote.

See examples of how to tell your readers where facts, paraphrases, or quotes in your paper come from at this site from the Purdue OWL.

The APA Style website provides an overview of information regarding citations in text of electronic material on the APA Frequently Asked Questions page, including:

• e-mail communications
• entire websites
• web pages with no authors
• website material with no author, no year, and no page numbers.

The general rule for citing Web pages in APA format is to include as much information as possible. If there is no date available, use (n.d.), which stands for "no date". If the website URL you are citing runs onto the next line, be sure to break the address after a "/" (http:// is an exception). More information about electronic sources is available on the Purdue OWL site.

Author's Last Name, Author's First Initial. Author's Middle Initial. (Year, Month Day
          of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://webpage address

Doctorow, C. (2009, August 13). Photos of science fiction writers' nests. Retrieved
          from http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/13/photos-of-science-fi.html

When there is no author for a Web page, the title of the page takes the place of the author and is listed first. If there is no date available, use (n.d.), which stands for "no date". If the website URL you are citing runs onto the next line, be sure to break the address after a "/" (http:// is an exception).

Title of document. (Year, Month Day of publication).  Retrieved from

Tenn. couple accused of assault using Cheetos. (2009, June 27).  Retrieved from

1. Which of the following is a correct APA citation for a general Web page?
   1. Levin, Josh. (2009, July 4). Happy birthday, Smokey Bear. Retrieved July 6,

      2009, from http://www.slate.com/id/2222094/

   2. Happy birthday, Smokey Bear. (2009, July 4). Josh Levin, retrieved July 6,

      2009, from http://www.slate.com/id/2222094/

   3. Levin, J. (2009, July 4). Happy birthday, Smokey Bear. Retrieved July 6,

      2009, from http://www.slate.com/id/2222094/

   4. Levin, J. (2009, July 4). Happy birthday, Smokey Bear. Retrieved July 6,

      2009, from http://www.slate.com/id/2222094/

2. Which of the following is a correct APA citation for a Web page with no author?
   1. Won Park: Master of origami paper folding. (2009, July 1). Retrieved July 15,

      2009, from http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/

      won-park-the-master-of-origami-paper-folding/

   2. Anonymous. (2009, July 1). Won Park: Master of origami paper folding.

      Retrieved July 15, 2009, from http://thedesigninspiration.com/

      articles/won-park-the-master-of-origami-paper-folding/

   3. “Won Park: Master of origami paper folding”. (2009, July 1). Retrieved July

      15, 2009, from http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/

      won-park-the-master-of-origami-paper-folding/

   4. Won Park: Master of origami paper folding. (2009, July 1). Retrieved July

      15, 2009, from http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/

      won-park-the-master-of-origami-paper-folding/
      
      

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