How do you do an in text citation for a website in apa

Entire Website

According to the APA manual (7th ed.), you do not need to cite entire websites in the reference list.  In the body of the paper, provide the name of the site and URL. 

In-text citation:

The Department of Health has just released a new site called HealthCare.gov at https://www.healthcare.gov to help people identify and compare health care programs available in their area.

Web Page/Document

If you're citing a page or document from a website, the content type determines how you should cite the source (e.g. journal article, blog post, wiki, YouTube video, etc.). If you're citing something whose content type isn't clearly defined (see Ch. 7 in the APA Manual), you may consider using this format which includes key pieces of information (URLs should link directly to the source if possible):

General Format:

Author, A. A. (date). Title of webpage/document. Website. https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Single Author

General Format:

Author, A. A. (date). Title of webpage/document. Website. https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

For Example (don't forget to indent the second and subsequent lines):

Barasch, A. (2018, April 2). Yes, Africa is splitting in two, and it’s extremely slow and extremely fast. Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/yes-africa-is-splitting-in-two-and-its-extremely-slow-and-extremely-fast.html

Multiple Authors

General Format:

Author, AA. & Author B.B. (date). Title of webpage/document. Website. https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Author, A. A.,  Author B. B., & Author C. C. (date). Title of webpage/document. Website. https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

For Example (don't forget to indent the second and subsequent lines):

Harel, D., Katz, G., Marelly, R., & Marronn, A. (2015, January 23). Wise computing: Towards endowing system development with true wisdom. Cornell University. https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05924

Corporate Authors

General Format:

Corporate Author. (date). Title of webpage/document. https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

When the author of the webpage and the publisher of the website are the same, omit the publisher name to avoid repetition (as in the below example):

For Example (don't forget to indent the second and subsequent lines):

CROW Clinic. (2016). Found an animal? Here’s what to do. http://www.crowclinic.org/found-animal

United Nations. (n.d.). Water Action Decade. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/water-action-decade/

Corresponding In-text citations:

(Barasch, 2018)

(Harel et al., 2015)

(CROW Clinic, 2016)

More information

• Missing Reference Information (American Psychological Association) 
• DOIs and URLS (American Psychological Association) 
• Elements of Reference List Entries (American Psychological Association)
• APA guide (Shapiro Library)
• Website Reference List Examples (American Psychological Association)
• APA Style Help (American Psychological Association)

Further Help

This information is intended to be a guideline, not expert advice. Please be sure to speak to your professor about the appropriate way to cite sources in your class assignments and projects.

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Piece of Online Content

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of online content: Subtitle. Website Name. URL. 

Note: Review this source carefully! You may need to follow the citation structure for a news article, magazine article, blog post, journal article etc. Use the format that best describes your source. 

Webpage

Author/Group/Organization Name. (Date). Title of page: Subtitle. Website Name. URL

Note: If the author and website name are the same, omit the website name entry. 

Blog Post

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of blog post. Blog Title. URL

Report/Document from a website

Corporation/Group/Organization's Name. (Publication Date). Title of report: Subtitle (Publication Number). Website Name. URL

Note: If the author and website name are the same, omit the website name entry.

Tips

No author? If the webpage's author is not listed, begin your citation with the title instead

Retrieved from? Only include a retrieval date when the webpage's content is likely to change over time

• Author. (Date). Title of page. Website name. Retrieved Month Date, Year, from URL

Dates? 

• If there is no publication date, look for the date that the content was last updated or the copyright date.
• If an item has no date, use n.d. where you would normally put the date.

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