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APA 7: Webpages

Information Needed

  • Author(s), if present*

  • Date of publication, use (n.d.) for "no date" if date isn't published

  • Title of article or page

  • Site name (if the site name/institution isn't being used as the author)

  • URL

How to Cite a Webpage

General Format for Webpage Citations

When authors are listed

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication, if available). Title of page. Site Name. http://webpage​

When no authors are listed

Site Name. (Date of publication, if available). Title of page. http://webpage​

Note

When the author and site name are the same, omit the site name from the source element.
Include a retrieval date only when the contents of the page are designed to change over time and the page itself is not archived.

Webpage Reference Citation Examples

Webpage with author(s)

Semega, J., Kollar, M., Creamer, J., & Mohanty, A. (2019, September 10). Income and poverty in the United States: 2018. U.S. Census

           Bureau. https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-266.html

Webpage with institution as author and no date

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (n.d.). Understanding child trauma.

           https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma/understanding-child-trauma

Webpage on a website with changing data

Include a retrieval date only when the content is designed to change over time and the page is not archived

U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). U.S. and world population clock. Retrieved July 3, 2019, from https://www.census.gov/popclock/

 

Adapted from American Psychological Association publication manual (7th ed.).