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How To Cite A Website in APA Style

This document provides guidelines for citing online sources in APA style. It discusses how to cite entire websites, online articles from newspapers/magazines/blogs, articles from online-only news sites, websites without authors, websites without dates, and social media posts. For each source type, it provides examples of the proper citation format for both in-text citations and reference list entries.

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How To Cite A Website in APA Style

This document provides guidelines for citing online sources in APA style. It discusses how to cite entire websites, online articles from newspapers/magazines/blogs, articles from online-only news sites, websites without authors, websites without dates, and social media posts. For each source type, it provides examples of the proper citation format for both in-text citations and reference list entries.

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How to cite a website in APA Style

Published on November 5, 2020 by Jack Caulfield. Revised on April 1, 2021.

Citing an entire website


When you refer to a website in your text without quoting or paraphrasing from a specific part of
it, you don’t need a formal citation. Instead, you can just include the URL in parentheses after
the name of the site:

One of the most popular social media sites, Instagram (http://instagram.com), allows users to
share images and videos.

For this kind of citation, you don’t need to include the website on the reference page. However,
if you’re citing a specific page or article from a website, you will need a formal in-text
citation and reference list entry.

How to cite online articles


Various kinds of articles appear online, and how you cite them depends on where the article
appears.

Online articles from newspapers, magazines, and blogs


Articles appearing in online versions of print publications (e.g. newspapers and magazines) are
cited like their print versions, but with an added URL.

Format Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Publication Name. URL

Greenhouse, S. (2020, July 30). The coronavirus pandemic has intensified systemic economic
Reference racism against black Americans. The New Yorker.
entry https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-pandemic-has-intensified-systemic-economic-
racism-against-black-americans

In-text (Greenhouse, 2020)


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The same format is used for blog posts. Just include the blog name where you would usually put
the name of the magazine or newspaper.

Format Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Blog Name. URL


Reference Lee, C. (2020, February 19). A tale of two reference formats. APA Style Blog.
entry https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/two-reference-formats

In-text (Lee, 2020)


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Articles from online-only news sites


For articles from news sites without print equivalents (e.g. BBC News, Reuters), italicize the
name of the article and not the name of the site.

Format Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Site Name. URL

Reference Rowlatt, J. (2020, October 19). Could cold water hold a clue to a dementia cure? BBC News.
entry https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54531075

In-text (Rowlatt, 2020)


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Websites with no author


When a web page does not list an individual author, it can usually be attributed to an
organization or government. If this results in the author name being identical to the site
name, omit the site name, as in the example below.

Format Organization Name. (Year, Month Day). Page title. Site Name. URL

Reference Scribbr. (n.d.). Academic proofreading & editing service.


entry https://www.scribbr.com/proofreading-editing/

In-text (Scribbr, n.d.)


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Websites with no date
When a web page or article does not list a publication or revision date, replace the date
with “n.d.” (“no date”) in all citations.

If an online source is likely to change over time, it is recommended to include the date
on which you accessed it.

Format Last name, Initials. (n.d.). Page title. Site Name. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

Reference University of Amsterdam. (n.d.). About the UvA. Retrieved October 19, 2020, from
entry https://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/about-the-university/about-the-university.html

In-text (University of Amsterdam, n.d.)


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How to cite from social media


As social media posts are usually untitled, use the first 20 words of the post, in italics,
as a title. Also include any relevant information about the type of post and any
multimedia aspects (e.g. videos, images, sound, links) in square brackets.

Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). First 20 words of post [Description of multimedia


Format
aspects] [Type of post]. Site Name. URL

American Psychological Association. (2020, October 14). When adjusted for inflation, the
largest median salary increase between 2014 and 2018 was for psychology doctorate
Referenc
recipients who expected [Link with thumbnail attached] [Status update]. Facebook.
e entry
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPsychologicalAssociation/posts/1015879420568257
9

In-text (American Psychological Association, 2020)


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On some social media sites (such as Twitter), users go by usernames instead of or in


addition to their real names. Where the author’s real name is known, include it, along
with their username in square brackets:

Obama, B. [@BarackObama]. (2020, September 7). This Labor Day, let’s thank all those who’ve
kept our country going this year—nurses, teachers, delivery drivers, food service [Tweet].
Twitter. https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1303015313320050688

In some cases, you’ll want to cite a whole social media profile instead of a specific post.
In these cases, include an access date, because a profile will obviously change over
time:

Dorsey, J. [@jack]. (n.d.). Tweets [Twitter profile]. Twitter. Retrieved November 14, 2019, from
https://twitter.com/jack

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