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Referencing style - APA 7th: Web sources

A guide to using the APA 7th edition referencing system for in-text citations and reference lists.

APA Examples: Web sources

 

 

See our APA7 Style Guidelines for advice on treatment of single to multiple authors, dates, page numbers and sources within your in-text and end-text references.  

See The APA Style Blog for more audio visual and for web and online sources format for more referencing examples.  

Material Type

In-Text Citation

Reference List & Notes
Wikipedia (no author) ("Napoleonic Wars," 2021)

Napoleonic Wars. (2021, July 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Napoleonic_Wars&oldid=1033657126
Blog post (Salt, 2019)

Salt, A. (2019, May 27). The flower that targets its nectar to the specific needs of its pollinators. Botany One. https://www.botany.one/2019/05/the-flower-that-targets-its-nectar-to-the-specific-needs-of-its-pollinators/
Webpage on a website (Clancy & Gubbala, 2020)

Clancy, L. & Gubbala, S. (2021, November 23). What makes life meaningful? Globally, answers sometimes vary by age. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/11/23/what-makes-life-meaningful-globally-answers-sometimes-vary-by-age/

When specific authors are named on the webpage, list them as the author in the reference. The name of the overall website should be written in the source element of the reference.

If no individual authors are named, and the website belongs to an organisation, use the organisation name. Do not repeat the organisation name in the source. See APA Style Blog.
Webpage on a government website (Department of Health, 2020)

Department of Health. (2020, July 17). Minimising inappropriate use of restraint in aged care. Australian Government. https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/minimising-inappropriate-use-of-restraint-in-aged-care
Webpage with a retrieval date (Department of the Premier and Cabinet, 2021)

Department of the Premier and Cabinet. (2021, July 16). COVID-19 coronavirus: Latest updates. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved July 19, 2021, from https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-the-premier-and-cabinet/covid-19-coronavirus-latest-updates

When contents of a page are designed to change over time but are not archived, include a retrieval date in the reference.
Share prices on Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance and other sources of financial information (ASX, 2023)

ASX. (2023). Bega Cheese Limited (BGA.AX). Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved October 17, 2023, from https://au.finance.yahoo.com/quote/BGA.AX/

In this instance, Yahoo! Finance is the website owner, but ASX is the "author" or owner of the data itself. 
Webpage with no date (Kaartdijin Noongar, n.d.) Kaartdijin Noongar. (n.d.). Glossary. https://www.noongarculture.org.au/glossary/

 

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