General format for websites: When citing an entire website, but not a paricular document or portion of the site, include the URL in text. It is not necessary to include the website in the References list. Example: The City of New Haven website is a valuable resource for residents (For situations that require inclusion in the References list, provide as much information as possible, including the full date the web page was last viewed.
A., & Author, B. Title of page or document. Retrieved (date), from URL of page.
Examples: Way, T. Dihydrogen monoxide research division. Retrieved September 30, 2008, from No author or date: Winter protection for hydrangeas. Retrieved November 24, 2009, from For more information on citing websites, see Chelsea Lee's on the. 205-6 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Associaton. Technical and research reports often fall in to the category of gray literature, meaning that they may not have been published in the conventional manner.
These documents may be self-published by authors, organizations, or government agencies. Examples include conference proceeding, government reports, working papers, committee or company reports, and technical reports.
Follow the format used for books as closely as possible: Author, A. Title of work (Report No. Location: Publisher. Very often there will be a corporate or agency as author: Agency name.
Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Report with authors, Print: Eller, A., & Olson, R. Recycled pavements using foam asphalts in Minnesota (Report No. MN/RC 2009-09). Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Report by agency, Print: U.S. Justice Department. Guide to the Freedom of Information Act 2009.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Report, electronic: U.S.
Department of Homeland Security. Interagency Security Committe use of physical security performance measures. Retrieved from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/iscphysicalsecurityperformancemeasures.pdf. 209-10 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Associaton. General format for movies: Producer, A. (Producer), & Director, B.
Title of movie Motion picture. Country of origin: Studio. Bryce, I., Segan, A. L., & Spielberg, S. (Producers), & Spielberg, S. Saving Private Ryan Motion picture.
United States: Dreamworks. General format for TV: Entire show: Producer, P. (Date of broadcast or copyright). Title of show Television broadcast or Television series. City of origin: Studio or distributor.
One show from series: Writer, W. (Writer), & Director, D.D. (Date of publication).
Title of episode Television series episode. Producer (Producer), Series title. City of origin: Studio or distributor. TV broadcast: Lehrer, J.
(2009, November 16). The NewsHour Television broadcast. Washington, D.C.: PBS. One episode in a TV series: Dretzin, R. (Writer), & Dretzin, R., & Maggio, J. Growing up online Television series episode.
Fanning (Executive Producer), Frontline. 209-10 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Associaton. General format for citing music: Writer, A. Title of song Recorded by B. Artist (if different from writer).
On Title of album Medium (CD, record, cassette, etc.) Location: Label. (Date of recording if not same as above.) Examples: Davis, M. On Circle in the round CD. New York, NY: Columbia. Darion, J., & Leigh, M. Impossible dream Recorded by Brian Stokes Mitchell.
On Man of la Mancha CD. New York, NY: RCA Victor (2003). General format for citing podcasts: Producer, A. (Year, month day). Title of podcast Audio podcast. Retrieved from Example: Glass, I.
(2008, December 26). Scenes from a mall Audio podcast. Retrieved from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/RadioEpisode.aspx?sched=1276. Email: See pp.
179 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Associaton. Emails (like memos, personal letters, telephone conversations, and other pesonal communications) need not be listed on the Reference page. Cite them parenthetically in text only. Include the author, type of communication, and date.
For example, (C. Smith, personal communication, November 11, 2009). General format for blogs, electronic mailing lists, and online videos etc: See pp. 214-15 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Associaton. (Year, month day).
Title of post Desecription. Retrieved from The description refers to the type of post (blog, IM, etc.). Be careful to use a generic term in the description. A blog post should be described as a 'web log post'; a listserv is an 'electronic mailing list'; a youtube video is a 'video file'.
Blog post, example: Aryes, I. (2009, November 23). Why California's tuition hike might be a good thing Web log post. Retrieved from McAdoo, T. (2009, October 19). How to cite a speech in APA style Web log post.
Retrieved from Online video (including YouTube), examples: Obama, B. (2008, January 8). Yes we can Video file. Retrieved from Lefever, L.
(2009, November 11). Cloud computing in plain English Video file. Retrieved from (Common+Craft)&utmcontent=Bloglines.
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