How to Write an APA Bibliography for a Website
American Psychological Association (APA) is a writing format used in formal papers. If you have a website that you want to reference, there is a certain way to set it up in APA style. Having a standardized style of reference makes it easy for people to read and understand a reference page. APA style is commonly used in schools from K-12 up to graduate school. Knowing how to write your bibliography in APA style is a necessity when you write and/or publish papers and articles.
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Type "References" in a 12 point font, Times New Roman, at the top of a new sheet of paper. It must be centered.
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Gather together the website's author, published date, article title, website title, the date you accessed the page and the URL.
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Type the name of the authors in alphabetical order. The surname must be first, followed by a comma and the author's first name initial followed by a period.
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Type a parenthesis and enter the year the article was published followed by a comma and the month and day it was published. Close the parenthesis and put a period at the end.
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Enter the title of the article, but only capitalize the first word. Italicize the title.
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Type the name of the website with each proper noun in capitals. End it with a period.
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Type "Retrieved ____, from" and fill in the blank with the date you found the article. Put a comma after "from," then type the URL of the article.
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Put a double-space between each reference.
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