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Formatting Web Pages and Sites: Reference and Text Citations. Duration: 4 min. 45 sec. We b Page with No Author – Title Goes First. Web title.
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Formatting Web Pages and Sites:Reference and Text Citations Duration: 4 min. 45 sec.
Web Page with No Author – Title Goes First Web title Survey: More Americans get news from the Internet than newspapers or radio. (2010). Retrieved March 16, 2010. from http://www.cnn.com/2010 /TECH/03/01/social.network.news/index.html • The title of the web page goes first when there is no author. • The title is not italicized. • Capitalize the first word in the title and subtitle as well as any proper names such as Americans. • End the title with a period. Web page, no author. Frequently Asked Questions about APA style. http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/web-page-no-author.aspx
Date of Publication Date of Publication Survey: More Americans get news from the Internet than newspapers or radio. (2010). Retrieved March 16, 2010. from http://www.cnn.com/2010 /TECH/03/01/social.network.news/index.html • When there is no author for a web page, the title moves to the first position of the reference entry. • Enclose the date in parentheses and follow by a period. • Use (n.d.) if there is no date.
Retrieval Statement Survey: More Americans get news from the Internet than newspapers or radio. (2010). Retrieved March 16, 2010, from http://www.cnn.com/2010 /TECH/03/01/social.network.news/index.html Retrieval statement • Start with the words “Retrieved from …” • Include the date of retrieval. • Include a comma after the year. • Provide the complete URL starting with http:// • If the web address wraps to the next line, break the address before most punctuation. • Do not include a period after the URL.
Text Citation of Web Page Newspaper circulation continues to plummet(“Survey: More Americans,” 2010). Text citation • Enclose the text citation in parentheses before period. • Cite in text the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year. • Capitalize all the important words in title or abbreviated title • Use double quotation marks around the title or abbreviated title: (“Survey: More Americans," 2010). • End the sentence with a period after the parentheses.
Text Citation for Entire Web Site The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools website provides accreditation standards for the region (http://www.sacs.org). Site URL • It is sufficient to give the address of the site in just the text when citing an entire website rather that a specific document on that site. • Include http:// in the URL, remove the hyperlink, and do not end with a period. Frequently asked questions about APA style. http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/cite-website.aspx
Report on Web -- Authors Wirl, J., Chou, S., Provasnik, S., Rooney, P., Sen, A., & Tabin, R.(2003). The condition of education: 2003 (Report No. NCES 2003-067). Retrieved from the National Center for Educational Statistics website: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003067.pdf Publisher information Publisher information • List the six authors with the last names, followed, but the first initial. • Include an ampersand between the last two authors. • Insert a comma before the ampersand.
Date of Publication Wirl, J., Chou, S., Provasnik, S., Rooney, P., Sen, A., & Tabin, R.(2003). The condition of education: 2003 (Report No. NCES 2003-067). Retrieved from the National Center for Educational Statistics website: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003067.pdf Publisher information Publisher information • The date of publication goes in parentheses and is followed by a period.
Report Title and Number Wirl, J., Chou, S., Provasnik, S., Rooney, P., Sen, A., & Tabin, R.(2003). The condition of education: 2003 (Report No. NCES 2003-067). Retrieved from the National Center for Educational Statistics website: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003067.pdf Report title and report number Publisher information • Unlike a web site or web page, the title of the report is italicized. • If there is a report number, put it in parentheses after the title and before the period. • Do not italicize the report number.
Retrieval Statement Wirl, J., Chou, S., Provasnik, S., Rooney, P., Sen, A., & Tabin, R.(2003). The condition of education: 2003 (Report No. NCES 2003-067). Retrieved from the National Center for Educational Statistics website: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003067.pdf Publisher information Publisher information • Unlike a report published in print, you do not include the location and publisher information if the report was retrieved online. • Instead, provide a retrieval statement. Identify the publisher as part of the retrieval statement unless the publisher was identified as the author. • Include http:// in the URL. • Do not include a period after the URL.
Report Cited in Text Citation The National Center of Educational Statistics reported that academic achievement in primary grades is improving(The Condition of Education, 2003). Text citation • When there is no author, cite the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title). • The report title is italicized in the in-text citation just like a book when there is no author, and follow by a comma. • Provide the date of publication. • Enclose in parentheses and follow by a period.
APA (6th ed.) See APA’s FAQ page on formatting for an entire web site: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/cite-website.aspx See APA’s FAQ page on formatting a web page with no author -- http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/web-page-no-author.aspx See the APA manual, pp. 205-206, for reports found on the web. Examples #31-33 on pp. 205–206.