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APA Citation Style, 7th edition: Web Page with No Author

A guide to help users create citations using APA (American Psychological Association) style, 7th edition.

Document from a Web site with no Author

Helpful Tips
  • When citing sources that you find on the Internet you only need to include a retrieval date if the information you viewed is likely to change over time.  If you reference an article from a news source (e.g., CNN, NBC, Washington Post) or a site that may experience continuous updates, you would then need to include a retrieval date.
  • New in 7th edition: You must include the site name in your citation, unless the site name is the same as the corporate author. For example, a citation of a CDC report would not include the site name.
General Format

 

      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Title of specific document, Year)
NOTE: If the title of a document is long, use a shortened version for the
in-text citations.

 

      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Title of specific document, Year, page or paragraph number [if available])

 

      References:
      Title of specific document. (Last update or copyright date; if not known, put n.d.).
            Title of website. URL of specific document

 

Example

 

       In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Neurology, n.d.)

 

       In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Neurology, n.d.)

 

      References:
      Neurology. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved August 8, 2007 from http://en.wikipedia.org
            /wiki/Neurology