APA Citation Style 7th Edition

About Citing Websites

When citing a website, take note of the author, title, the publisher, publication date, and the date you accessed the site.

For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and a specific example will be provided.

The following format will be used:

In-text Citation - entry that appears in the body of your paper.

References - entry that appears at the end of your paper

Document from Website

When using a document (PDF) from a website, with or without an author.

Document from a Web site.

List as many of the following elements as are available: author’s name, publication date (or “n.d.” if there is no date), title (in italics), and URL. Give your retrieval date only if the content of the source is likely to change

A Document Created by an Individual or an Organization

In-text Citation Example

(International Federation of Library Associations, 2003)

 When directly quoting the source:

(International Federation of Library Associations, 2003, para. 4) 

Reference List Example

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.

         (2003, February 03). Library & information science: Citation

         guides for electronic documents. http://ifla.org/l/training/citation/citing.htm

Note that the URL’s in the following examples link directly to a specific Web section or document, not the homepage of the Website. 

With an author's name

 Format

Last Name, First Initial(s). (Year, Month Day). Title of document. URL

Example

Seas, K. & Brizee, A. (2012, July 3). APA style workshop.

       https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/

 Without an author's name

Format

Title of document. (Year, Month Day). URL

Example

Guidelines for professional ethics. (1997, August 5). http://botany.org/governance/ethics.php

Without a date

Format

Title of document. (n.d.). URL

Example

Hinduism: Resources on faith, ethics, and public life. (n.d.).

       http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/traditions/hinduism