APA Webpages and Websites

APA References - Webpages and Websites

Where to find citation information on a webpage:

APA Webpage and Website Citations
Citations for webpages and websites include:

• Author’s name (last name followed by first and middle initials; may substitute organization for the author)
• Date of publication (in parentheses; if there is no date, put n.d.; may also use a website’s Copyright date)
• Title of work italicized (capitalize only first word of the title, first word of subtitle, and proper nouns)
• Website name (if the author and site names are the same, omit the site name; see third reference entry below)
• URL (if the word processing program adds a line break or puts the URL on its own line, leave it as is)

Note: Include as much of the above information as possible in the reference entry. Any missing information may be left out.

Examples:
Last name, A. A., & Last name, B. B. (Year). Title of work. Website Name. URL

Bratskeir, K. (2020, February 6). Why you sometimes twitch awake right before you fall asleep. HuffPost.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-twitch-awake-before-sleep_l_5e207bcac5b674e44b93dd97

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, April 8). What is ADHD?

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html

Peterson, S. M., & Werneburg, B. L. (2018, May 18). Sleep: The foundation for healthy habits. Mayo

Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/sleep-the-

foundation-for-healthy-habits/art-20270117

*Webpage Reference information is in Section 10.16 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).