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APA Style 7th Edition: Websites

Elements of a Citation

It is up to you to locate the elements of a citation from each of your sources.

Four Elements of References Entries:

  • Author: who?
  • Date: when?
  • Title: what?
  • Source: where?

Use a period after each type of element. Use commas when separating the parts of an element. Do not put a period after a URL or DOI.

 

Citing a Website

Web page/Article from website:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month day). Title of page/article. Title of site. URL

Social Media post:

Author, A. A. (Year, Month day). Up to 20 words of post. Site. URL