1. Bank Street College Library
APA Web Documents
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

2. Web Documents
Web documents have many of the same elements as print documents but there are
some points you need to remember, they:
• frequently move or are removed from a site.
• often do NOT have:
– page numbers
– publication dates
– authors, etc.,
So, it is important to state whatever information you have in your reference list and
citation.
New points in APA 6th Ed., are: you do NOT have to include:
• retrieval dates unless the source material may change over time (e.g., wikis).
• database information unless the item is an archival document (e.g., discontinued
journal, monograph, or disssertation that was not formally published somewhere
else).
(American Psychological Association, p. 192 )

3. Citing References In Your Paper
Follow the author/date format as you would for a print resource. If you
are citing a direct quote and there is no page number, use the name of
the chapter or heading where the quote appears.
(American Psychological Association, p. 172)

4. Website As a Whole
If you are referring to a website in its entirety, just refer to the name and
website's homepage address in the text of your paper. There is no need
for a reference list entry.
• The Bank Street Bookstore is a wonderful website for finding that
perfect children's book (http://www.bankstreetbooks.com/)
(see http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/cite-website.aspx)
• President Obama uses Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/barackobama)
to keep citizens up to speed on his initiatives.
(see http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/10/how-to-cite-twitter-andfacebook-part-i.html)

5. Part of a Website
Raimondo, J., & Cohen, E. (2003). Art safari: An adventure in looking, for
children and adults. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/interactives/artsafari/
This citation above is part of Moma’s website (http://www.moma.org/).

6. Part of a Website, No Author
As there is no author, the title moves to the author position. Include the
retrieval date and the section's web address. Do NOT:
• italicize the title
• add a period at the end of a web address.
IAN Research Findings: Regression. (2012). Retrieved July
14, 2012, from http://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/ianresearch-findings-regression
Cite in your text the first few words of the title and and use double
quotation marks ("IAN Research Findings," 2012).
(American Psychological Association, p. 172)

7. Reference Lists & DOI
Provide as much of the following information as possible, including any
volume or issue numbers for online periodicals:
Article with a DOI (digital object identifier)
• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of document.
Title of Complete Work, xx, pp-pp. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
These websites will help you find a journal’s homepage
http://www.doi.org/
http://www.crossref.org/
You can add the numbers after doi: to this hyperlink http://dx.doi.org/ to
make it an URL for a journal article or homepage.
(American Psychological Association, pp. 188-191, 198-199)

8. Reference Lists & Websites
Provide as much of the following information as possible, including any
volume or issue numbers for online periodicals:
Article from a website
• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of document.
Title of Complete Work, xx, pp-pp. Retrieved from http://xxx.xxx
Sillick, T. J. & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and selfesteem mediate between perceived early parental love and adult
happiness. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48. Retrieved
from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap
(American Psychological Association, pp. 198-199)

9. ERIC
ERIC is a great resource. It contains citaions and links to published
journal articles and also informally published or self-archived work. If
the item has an:
• EJ accession number treat it like a journal in print if it doesn’t have a
DOI.
• ED accession number in the item’s record. Your reference list should
have Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED******)
Kubota, K. (2007). “Soaking” models for learning: Analyzing Japanese
learning/teaching process from a socio-historical perspective.
Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED498566)
(American Psychological Association, p. 212 )

10. Online Journals
Online Version of a Print Journal
Brookhart, S. M. (2008). Feedback that fits [Electronic version].
Educational Leadership. 65(4), 54-59. Retrieved from
http://www.ascd.org/
Online Journal Only (not from a database, e.g., ProQuest or
EBSCOhost)
Yerrick, R., & Johnson, J. (2009). Meeting the needs of middle grade
science learners through pedagogical and technological
intervention. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher
Education. 9(3). Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/
(American Psychological Association, p. 185)

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