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APA Style -6th edition

This guide provides resources for learning how to cite your sources using APA Style guidelines.

Document from a Website with No Author

Helpful Tip

When citing sources that you find on the Internet you only need to include a retrieval date if the information you viewed is likely to change over time. 

General Format

  • In-text citation, paraphrase: (Title of specific document, year)
  • In-text citation, quotation: (Title of specific document, year, page or paragraph number [if available])
  • Reference list citation:  Title of specific document. (Last update or copyright date; if not known, put n.d.). In Title of website. Retrieved from URL of specific document

Examples

  • In-text citation, paraphrase: (Research, n.d.)
     
  • In-text citation, quotation: (Research, n.d.)
     

Reference list citation:

Research. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster. Retrieved April 6, 2012, from

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/research

Google Advanced Search

How to use the Google Advanced Search to do more effective searches on the Internet. Created by Instructional Services, David L. Rice Library at the University of Southern Indiana.

DavidLRiceLibrary. (2010, January 15). Google advanced search.wmv [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_QHaWLxGX8