How to Cite Web Resources

Web documents have many of the same elements as print documents, although with some adjustments, since Web documents are so frequently moved or removed from a site. Web documents may not have page numbers, publication dates, authors, etc, but it is important to state whatever information you have. All examples below give a retrieval date (the last date the article has been seen online), so that users will know when information may be out of date, or why it may no longer be found.

Citing References in the Body of the Paper

Follow the author/date format as you would for a print resource. If you are citing a direct quote and there is no page number, use the name of the chapter or heading where the quote appears.

If you are referring to a Web site in its entirety, just refer to the name and address of the Web site in the text of your paper.

Reference Lists and Bibliographies

Citing Web Sites

Provide as much of the following information as possible, including any volume or issue numbers for online periodicals:

Author's name. (date of publication or last revision). Title of document. Title of Complete Work. Volume (issue), pages. Retrieved on month, day, year, on the World Wide Web: http://put.url.here

New York Online Access to Health. Retrieved December 11, 1999, from the World Wide Web: http://www.noah.cuny.edu/

Raimondo, J. & Cohen, E. (1999). Art safari: An adventure in looking, for children and adults. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Retrieved December 11, 1999, from the World Wide Web: http://www.moma.org/onlineprojects/artsafari/

Scherer, M. (1999). The understanding pathway: A conversation with Howard Gardner. Educational Leadership. 57 (5). Retrieved December 10, 1999, from http://www.ascd.org/pubs/el/nov99/scherer2.html

Citing Articles from Electronic Databases

Include the article title, author, journal name, database name, and date article was retrieved. You do not need to include the database website address.

Author. (publication date). Title of article. Title of periodical. Volume (issue), pages. Retrieved month day, year, from Put name here database.

Goodnough, A. (1999, November 10). Helping city schools bring a taste of the arts to students. The New York Times, p.B15. Retrieved December 11, 1999, from Lexis-Nexis database.

Weinbaum, B. (1999). The practice of performance in teaching multicultural literature. Multicultural Education. 7(1), 16-24. Retrieved December 11, 1999, from Wilson Select Plus database.

Zelden, C. L. (1999). From rights to resources: The southern federal district courts and the transformation of civil rights in education, 1968-1974. Akron Law Review. 39(471). Retrieved December 11, 1999, from Ebsco Academic Search Premier database.

Reference List

Here are some places that give more help and examples on APA citations.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html#top

http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html#Intext

Bank Street College of Education Graduate School. (1994). A Writer's Handbook. New York: Bank Street College of Education (available at the Library Reference Desk).

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association--5^thed.(2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (Library call number 808.027 A152p4)

Another good guide to APA style can be found online at:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_apa.html