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APA 7th Edition Referencing: WEB

Web

Webpage

Reference List In-text Citation
Author. (Year, Month and day if available). Title. Website name if required. URL
World Health Organization. (2018, March). Questions and answers on immunization and vaccine safety. 

https://www.who.int/features/qa/84/e n/

(World Health Organization, 2018).

 

Narrative Citation

According to the World Health Organisation (2018) safety is ....

Please note: When the author and site name are the same, omit the site name from your citation.

 

Government websites

Reference List In-text Citation
Agency responsible for website. (Year). Title. Parent agency. URL (Responsible agency, year)
Department of Health. (2021). National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan 2021- 2031. Australian Government. 

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2022/06/national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-plan-2021-2031.pdf

 (Department of Health, 2021).

 

Webpage with no date

Reference List In-text Citation
Surname, Initial. (n.d.). Title. Website name. URL
Field, E. M. (n.d.). Bully blocking. Bullying. 

http://www.bullying.com.au

 (Field, n.d.).

Webpage with no author

Reference List In-text Citation
Title of article. (n.d.). Retrieved Month Day from URL 
GVU’s 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved May 2, 2019, from 

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_sur veys/survey-1997-10/

 ("GVU's 8th WWW user survey," n.d.).

Powerpoint slides

Reference List In-text Citation
Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of presentation [PowerPoint slides]. Moodle. URL 
Heise, L. (2010). Christian living [PowerPoint slides]. Moodle. 

http://moodle.avondale.edu/au/%20view.php?id=997

 (Heise, 2010).

 

Wikipedia

Reference List In-text Citation
Title of article. (Year, Month Day). In Wikipedia. URL 
Global warming. (2009, January 1). In Wikipedia. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

 ("Global warming," 2009).

 

Entire website

When citing an entire website (and not a specific document on that site), no Reference List entry is required if the address for the site is given in the text of your paper, e.g. “The Australian Institute of Architects enhances the professional standards of architects and provides support and encouragement to its members (http://www.architecture.com.au/).” 

 

Tweet

Reference List In-text Citation
Author [Twitter handle]. (Year, Month Day). Title [Tweet]. Twitter. URL 
Badlands National Park [@BadlandsNPS]. (2018, February 26). Biologists have identified more than 400 different plant species growing in @BadlandsNPS #DYK #biodiversity [Tweet]. Twitter.  

https://twitter.com/BadlandsNPS/status /968196500412133379

 (Badlands National Park, 2018)

 

Twitter profile

Reference List In-text Citation
Author [Twitter handle]. (n.d.). Tweets [Twitter profile]. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL 
APA Style [@APA_Style]. (n.d.). Tweets [Twitter profile]. Retrieved November 1, 2019, from 

https://twitter.com/APA_Style

 (APA Style, n.d.)

 

Facebook post

Reference List In-text Citation
Author. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video]. Facebook. URL 
News From Science. (2018, June 26). These frogs walk instead of hop: https://scim.ag/2KlriwH [Video]. Facebook. 

https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNO W/videos/10155508587605108/

 (News From Science, 2018)

 

Facebook page

Reference List In-text Citation
Author. (n.d.). Home [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved Month Day, Year from URL 
Smithsonian’s Biology Institute. (n.d.). Home [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved July 22, 2019, from 

https://www.facebook.com/nationalzoo

 (Smithsonian's Biology Institute, n.d.)

Forum post

Reference List In-text Citation
Surname, Initial. (Year, Month Year). Title of post [Online forum post]. Website. URL 
Frook, B. D. (1999, July 23). New inventions in the cyberworld of toylandia [Online forum post]. Earthlink.

http://groups.earthlink.com/forum/mes sages/25.html

 (Frook, 1999)

 

Blog post

 

Reference List In-text Citation
Name. (Year, Month Day). Title. Website. URL

Klymkowsky, M. (2018, September 15). Can we talk scientifically about free will? Sci-Ed. https://blogs.plos.org/scied/2018/09/15 /can-we-talk-scientifically-about-freewill/ 

 

Note: Italicize the name of the blog, the same as you would a journal title. This title of the blog post is not italics.

 (Klymkowsky, 2018)

 

 

YouTube

Reference List In-text Citation
Publisher. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video]. YouTube. URL
Insanity88. (2007, March 13). Arranged marriage funny commercial [Video]. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=b5HLsvwLPpQ&feature =context-vrec  (Insanity88, 2007)

 

Podcast

Reference List In-text Citation
Surname, Initial. (Producer or Host). (Year, Month Day). Title (No. of episode) [Audio podcast episode]. In Podcast title. URL 
Van Nuys, D. (Producer). (2007, December 19). Shrink rap radio (No. 45) [Audio podcast episode]. In Shrink rap radio. http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/ (Van Nuys, 2007)

 

TED Talk

Reference List In-text Citation
Surname, Initial. (Year, Month). Title [Video]. TED Conference. URL 
Giertz, S. (2018, April). Why you should make useless things [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/simone_gie rtz_why_you_should_make_useless_thi ngs (Giertz, 2018)

Google maps

Reference List In-text Citation
Google. (n.d.). [Google Maps directions for City, Country to City, Country]. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL
Google. (n.d.). [Google Maps directions for driving from Ingolstadt, Germany, to Geneva, Switzerland]. Retrieved September 28, 2018, from https://goo.gl/maps/ILt80 (Google, n.d.)

 

Image on a webpage with date and creator of image

Reference List In-text Citation
Surname, Initial. (Year). Name of image [Format]. Website name. URL 
Eisele, I. (2014). Lady in hat [Photograph]. Ilse Eisele. http://www.ilseeisele.com/Portraits/Por traits/i-4mbd7h8/A  (Eisele, 2014)

 

Image on a webpage without a date and creator of image

Reference List In-text Citation
Name of image [Format]. (n.d.). Website name. URL 

Urie Bronfenbrenner: Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research [Image]. (n.d.). College of Human Ecology. https://bctr.cornell.edu/about-us/urie-bronfenbrenner

 ("Urie Bronfenbrenner: Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research," n.d.)

 

Clip art or stock image

Reference List In-text Citation
Author. (Year). Title [Clip art]. Website name. URL 
GDJ. (2018). Neural network deep learning prismatic [Clip art]. Openclipart. https://openclipart.org/detail/309343/n eural-network-deep-learning-prismatic (GDJ, 2018)

 

Use this format to cite (but not reproduce) most clip art or stock images. To reproduce clip art or stock images, permissions and/or copyight attribution may be necessary in addition to the reference. Visit the APA Style page for more information.