Online
articles follow the same guidelines for printed articles. Include all
information the online host makes available, including an issue number in
parentheses.
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of
publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved month day, year, from
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the
living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make
Websites, 149. Retrieved May 2, 2006, from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of
publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number. Retrieved
month day, year, from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Kenneth,
If the
article appears as a printed version as well, the URL is not required. Use
"Electronic version" in brackets after the article's
title.
Whitmeyer, J.M. (2000). Power
through appointment [Electronic version]. Social Science Research, 29, 535-555.
When
referencing material obtained from an online database (such as a database in
the library), provide appropriate print citation information (formatted just
like a "normal" print citation would be for that type of work). Then
add information that gives the date of retrieval and the proper name of the
database. This will allow people to retrieve the print version if they do not
have access to the database from which you retrieved the article
Smyth, A. M., Parker, A. L., & Pease, D.
L. (2002). A study of enjoyment of peas. Journal of Abnormal Eating, 8(3). Retrieved February 20, 2003, from PsycARTICLES database.
List
as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt
around to find the information; don't be lazy. If there is a page like
http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn't have the
information you're looking for, move up the URL to http://www.somesite.com/):
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of
publication). Title of document. Retrieved month
day, year, from http://Web address.
NOTE: When
an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL that links to the
home page or entry page for the document. Also, if there
isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.) for no date.
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of
publication). Title of article. In Title of book or larger document (chapter or section number).
Retrieved month day, year, from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/.
NOTE: Use
a chapter or section identifier and provide a URL that links directly to the
chapter section, not the home page of the Web site.
E-mails
are not included in the list of references, though you parenthetically cite
them in your main text: (E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2001).
Message
posted to an online newsgroup, forum, or discussion group. Include the title of
the message, and the URL of the newsgroup or discussion board.
Frook, B. D. (1999, July 23). New
inventions in the cyberworld
of toylandia [Msg 25]. Message posted to http://groups.earthlink.com/forum/messages/00025.html
NOTE: If
only the screen name is available for the author, then use the screen name;
however, if the author provides a real name, use their real name instead. Be
sure to provide the exact date of the posting.
Ludwig, T. (2002). PsychInquiry [computer
software].
Source: The Owl at Perdue, APA Reference List:
Electronic Resources http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/
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