APA 7th Citation Guide

General Guidelines

• Author element: All websites and web pages have an author. If you cannot find the name/s of people who have written the webpage, then cite the group author (the organization). Look for a logo, usually in the top left-hand corner, or click on the "About Us" link. 

• Date element:. Provide the date of the webpage, not the copyright date, and not the "last reviewed by" date. If there is a "last updated" date on the page, use that if it applies to the content that you are citing.

  • Provide as much of the date as is evident - up to the year, month, and day.
  • If there is no date evident, then cite it as a no date, i.e. (n.d.)
  • If you can approximate the date, e.g. no date is marked, but the webpage title is  "Top cities to travel to in 2019", so you assume the content was inputted in 2019, then use the abbreviation "ca." e.g. (ca. 2019)
  • If the webpage is designed to change over time and won't be archived, see the next point on retrieval information.

• Title element: 

  • Webpage or website title: Post title in sentence case in italics.  

• Source element: 

  • Website webpage belongs to: In Title Case e.g., Cleveland Clinic.
  • If the website title is the same as the group author, then omit the title. 
  • URL: Insert the URL after the source title in the format of http://xxxxx 
  • Only include a retrieval date if the webpage is designed to change over time and it won't be archived.

Format

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of webpage in sentence case. Title of Website in Title Case. http://xxxxx 

Examples

Osman, M. A. (2016, December 15). 5 do's and don'ts for staying motivated. Mayoclinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/5-dos-and-donts-for-staying-motivated/art-20270835

Citing In-Text

(Osman, 2016)  OR Osman (2016). 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Format

Group Author. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of webpage in sentence case. Title of Website in Title Case - if the title of the website is the same as the author, then omit. http://xxxxx 

Examples

Cleveland Clinic. (2020, March 6). Rage rooms: Do they offer anger relief or reinforce bad behavior? https://health.clevelandclinic.org/anger-rooms-do-they-offer-relief-or-reinforce-bad-behavior/

​Google Creative Lab. (2019, November). Once upon a lifetime. https://experiments.withgoogle.com/once-upon-a-lifetime

Citing In-Text

(Cleveland Clinic, 2020) OR Cleveland Clinic (2020). 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Format

No date

Author, A. A. (n.d.). Title of webpage in sentence case. Title of Website in Title Case - if the title of the website is the same as the author, then omit. http://xxxxx 

When you can approximate the date

Author, A. A. (n.d.). Title of webpage in sentence case. Title of Website in Title Case - if the title of the website is the same as the author, then omit.. http://xxxxx 

Examples

No date

National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). Bladder cancer - health professional version. https://www.cancer.gov/types/bladder/hp

​When you can approximate the date

Lensculture. (ca. 2019). Art photography awards 2019: Announcing the winners of our art photography awards! https://www.lensculture.com/2019-lensculture-art-photography-award-winners

Citing In-Text

First citation: (National Cancer Institute [NCI], n.d.) OR National Cancer Institute (NCI, n.d.).

Subsequent citations: (NCI, n.d.) OR NCI (n.d.) 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Format

Webpage by Personal Author

Author, A. A. (n.d.). Title of webpage in sentence case. Title of Website in Title Case. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from http://xxxxx 

Webpage by Group Author

Author, A. A. (n.d.). Title of webpage in sentence case. Title of Website in Title Case (omit if same as group author). Retrieved Month Day, Year, from http://xxxxx 

Examples

The Governor's Office of Student Achievement. (n.d.). Georgia school grades reports: Martinez Elementary School. Retrieved March 15, 2019, from https://schoolgrades.georgia.gov/martinez-elementary-school

Yelp. (n.d.). The best 10 restaurants in Augusta, GA. Retrieved April 20, 2020, from https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=restaurants&find_loc=Augusta%2C+GA

Citing In-Text

First citation: (Governor's Office of Student Achievement [GOSA], n.d.) OR Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA, n.d.).

Subsequent citations: (GOSA, n.d.) OR GOSA (n.d.) 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Specific guidelines

• If you mention a website familiar to your audience in-text but do not paraphrase or quote from it, then do not provide a reference entry for it. Simply give the proper name of the website in text.
  • E.g. The American Psychological Association (APA) website...
• If your audience is unlikely to be familiar with the website, then provide a reference entry for it.
• Put (n.d.) for the publication year, because the website is ongoing. 
• Omit the site name if the author name is the same. 

Format

Group author is different from site name

Group Author. (n.d.). Title of website in sentence case. http://xxxxx

Group author is the same as site name

Group Author. (n.d.). http://xxxxx 

Examples

Group author is different from site name

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (n.d.). Cure4Kids. https://www.cure4kids.org/

New England Historic Genealogical Society. (n.d.). American ancestors. https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx

Group author is the same as site name

Vocabulary.com. (n.d.). https://www.vocabulary.com/

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

First citation: (New England Historic Genealogical Society [NEHGS], n.d.) OR New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS, n.d.). 

Subsequent citations: (NEHGS, n.d.) OR NEHGS (n.d.) 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

For more details and examples on how to reference webpages and websites, consult the following sections in the APA 7th Publication Manual and on the APA Style website:

Manual: Section 10.16 Webpages and Websites 110-114.

Website: Webpage on a Website References

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Reference Type: Webpage