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APA Citation

A guide to citing sources according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Website Citation Notes & Format

When the author name and the site name are the same, omit the site name from your reference.

APA Website Reference Elements
Author

Author, A. A.

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

Name of Group.

Date

(2022).

(2022, June).

(2022, June 14).

(n.d.).

Title

Title of work.

Website

Site Name.

URL

https://doi.org/xxxx

https://xxxxx

Online News Website Article

APA differentiates online newspapers, which are online versions of print newspapers (e.g. The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal), from online news websites that are not print publications (e.g. CNN, BBC News, Reuters, or Vox) and has separate formatting for each. For online newspaper citations, see the newspapers & magazines tab.

Kelly, L. (2022, July 1). Hong Kong 25 years later: Why it matters for the US. The Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/international/3543098-hong-kong-25-years-later-why-it-matters-for-the-us/

Parenthetical citation: (Kelly, 2022)
Narrative citation: Kelly (2022)

Webpage with Group Author

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, December 9). Know your risk for heart disease. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/risk_factors.htm

World Health Organization. (2021, April 13). Noncommunicable diseases. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases

Parenthetical citation: (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019; World Health Organization, 2021)
Narrative citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) and World Health Organization (2021)

Webpage with Individual Author/s

Ranie, L., Funk, C., Anderson, M., & Tyson, A. (2022, March 17). AI and human enhancement: Americans’ openness is tempered by a range of concerns. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/03/17/ai-and-human-enhancement-americans-openness-is-tempered-by-a-range-of-concerns/

Parenthetical citation: (Ranie et al., 2022)
Narrative citation: Ranie et al. (2022)

Webpage with No Date

Use n.d. to signal no date.

Only provide a retrieval date if the contents of the page are designed to change and there is no page archiving.

Peter G. Peterson Foundation. (n.d.). What is the national debt today? Retrieved July 7, 2022, from https://www.pgpf.org/national-debt-clock

Parenthetical citation: (Peter G. Peterson Foundation, n.d.)
Narrative citation: Peter G. Peterson Foundation (n.d.)