APA Citation Help, 6th Edition

More information on citing websites can be found on pages 31-34 of the APA Style Guide to Electronic References.

******Remember that all citations are double-spaced!

APA format has specific citation formats for items like blog entries, etc. This is the basic website document format, but make sure to check the APA Electronic Resources Supplement to see if there is a more specific format that fits your needs. 

Generic:

Author, A. A. (year). Title of document [Format]. Retrieved from http://xxxxx

Example:

Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010). Virus are terrible for you [Website]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx

Citing entire websites, feeds, and pages. 

When citing an entire website or page, and not any document in particular on that website, it is sufficient to give the address of the site in the text (no reference list entry is needed), as follows: 

KidsPsych is a wonderful interactive website for children (http://www.kidspsych.org). 

President Obama often used Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/barackobama) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/barackobama) to keep citizens up to speed on his initiatives.