APA Citation Help, 7th Edition for Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences

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These are the most common website formats. Detailed information on website citations can be found in Chapter 10 of the 7th edition of the APA manual (pp. 350-353). 
Additional examples:

Webpage on a News Website

Use this format for articles published on online news sources, but NOT for online magazines or newspapers. For those, please visit newspaper & magazines.

Generic: 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Site Name. https://xxxxxxxxxxx
Example: 

Kent, L. (2020, January 28). The heroines STEM: Ten women in science you should know​. CNN.  https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/27/world/women-in-science-you-should-know-scn/index.html

Webpage on a Website

 

Generic:  ​​​

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month Day). Title of page or work. Site Name. https://xxxxxxxxxxx
Ex, Individual author:  ​

Gibson, L. E. (2022, October 8). Acne Mistakes. Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/acne/expert-answers/acne-mistakes/faq-20461962
Ex, Group author:  ​

Centers for Disease Control. (2019, December 16). Vaccines before pregnancy. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pregnancy/vacc-before.html
Ex, No date:  ​

World Heritage Centre (n.d.). West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1195/

Important Points for Citing Webpages

  • Use the webpages citing category only if there is no other reference category that fits.
    • Make sure to check the grey literature section. 
  • If you cite multiple webpages on a website, create a reference for each page. 
  • When the author name and the site name are the same, omit the site name from the reference (see Group Author example). 
  • Remember that an organization or a group can be an author. 
  • Only include a retrieval date when the contents of the pages are designed to change over time and the page itself is not archived.
    • ​An example is the CDC Coronavirus tracker. ​

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