UWWC
Library Guide - APA -
Citing Electronic Resources
With the proliferation of electronic resources and the changing nature
of the internet, it has become difficult to find standardized
documentation styles. This is an interpretation of the APA (American
Psychological Association) Style. Consult the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association for more guidelines, or for examples
of other items not shown here.
USE THIS GUIDE FOR YOUR
REFERENCES PAGE WHEN CITING ARTICLES FROM AN ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION
SERVICE:
Formula:
Author’s last name,
first and middle initials. (Date of publication). Title of Article.
Title of Periodical, Volume, Page numbers. Retrieved [date of
access] from [database].
*Note: Give issue # only is a
scholarly journal is separately paginated.
EBSCOHOST
Hawkins, D. (2000,
January 17). Cheap video cameras are monitoring our every move. U.S.
News & World Report,128, 52. Retrieved February 23, 2000, from
MasterFILE Premier database.
Reis, J, & Riley, W. L.
(2000). Predictors of college students’ alcohol consumption:
Implications for student education. Journal of Genetic Psychology,
161, 282-291. Retrieved May 1, 2003, from Academic Search Elite
database.
PROQUEST
DIRECT
Fox, J. (1999, March 15). What in the
world happened to economics?. Fortune,190, 22. Retrieved March 2,
2000, from ABI/INFORM Global database.
LEXIS-NEXIS
Heart disease deaths among women may be
linked to geography. (2000, February 16). Star Tribune
(Minneapolis, MN), metro ed., p. 3A. Retrieved February 23, 2000, from
LexisNexis Academic database.
WILSONWEB
Hofmann, M. A. (2000, January 3).
Same-sex couples’ right to benefits upheld. Business Insurance,
34, 3. Retrieved February 23, 2000, from Business Abstracts Full
Text database.
McCallum, J. (2004, November 29). The
ugliest game. Sports Illustrated, 101, 44-49, 51.
Retrieved March 2, 2005, from Reader’s Guide Full Text database.
CQ RESEARCHER
Cooper, M. H. (2000,
January 28). Employee benefits. CQ Researcher. Retrieved February
29, 2000, from The CQ Researcher database.
FACTS.com
Domestic violence. (2000, August 31). Retrieved September 20, 2000, from
Issues and Controversies database.
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
James, J. S. (1998).
Combination drug treatments may end the AIDS crisis. In T. L. Roleff &
C. P. Cozic (Eds.), Opposing Viewpoints: AIDS. Opposing
Viewpoints Series. Greenhaven Press. Retrieved November 13, 2003, from
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center database.
Linden, E. (1996, March 4). Chicken of
the sea?. Time, 147, 57. Retrieved March 2, 2005, from
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center database.
NON-LIBRARY DATABASES
or PERSONAL WEB SITES:
Formula:
Author’s last name, and first and middle
initials. (Document date—use the abbreviation n.d. in parentheses if
date is not known) Title of document. Retrieved [date of access]
from [complete URL address].
Wisconsin
hunters asked to help fight chronic wasting disease.
(2002, August 14). Retrieved November 18, 2005, from http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1029352007.html
Cantor, J. (1998) Media and parents:
Protecting children from harm. Retrieved February 14, 2005, from
http://parenthood.library.wisc.edu/Cantor/Cantor.html
All of the above examples are for use in a
Bibliography or Works Cited list.
CITING SOURCES IN THE TEXT:
If you are using in-text citations of electronic sources in APA style,
use the author's last name or the first few words of the title if no
author's name is given. If page numbers, screen numbers or paragraph
numbers are included on the web site, include those in the reference as
well.
Example: (Coates,
2000, para. 1) Example: (“Wisconsin Hunters,” 2002)
For further information, please refer to the
following books in the UWWC Library:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association REF BF 76.7
.P83 2001
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