APA Fact of the Week: Citing Web Content
Citing web content in the reference list follows a similar format to other references.
Basic Format:
Author, A. (date). Title of document . Retrieved from http://url
Ex.
Martin, G. R. R. (2015, June 10). Wars, woes, work . Retrieved from http://grrm.livejournal.com/
*A format description is only necessary if the format is unusual such as in blog posts or lecture notes. For a full list of formats see p. 186 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
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For corporate and government authors use the organization name in place of the author name.
Ex.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010). Nutrition. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/
For technical and research reports include the report number in parentheses after the title.
Ex.
- S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf
*Do not include a retrieved from date unless the source material is likely to change over time. Note that URLs do not have a period after them.