APA - 6th edition: Internet Sources

To cite a web site you need the following pieces of information:

• Author information, keep in mind that a corporation or organization may be the author
• Date the site was last updated, if no date is given use (n.d.)
• Title of the site or page
• URL - NO LIVE HYPERLINK

Example (remember on your reference list this would be double-spaced!):

U.S. General Accounting Office. (1997, February). Telemedicine: Federal strategy is needed to guide investments. Retrieved from http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml

To cite a podcast you need the following pieces of information:

• Author/Producer name
• Date, normally year, month day
• Podcast title followed by [Audio podcast]
• URL - NO LIVE HYPERLINK

Example (remember on your reference list this would be double-spaced!):

Van Nuys, D. (Producer). (2007, December 19). Shrink rap radio [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from https://www.shrinkrapradio.com/

To cite a YouTube video you need the following pieces of information:

• Author
• Date (normally year, month day)
• Title followed by [Video file]
• URL - NO LIVE HYPERLINK

Example (remember on your reference list this would be double-spaced!):

Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

To cite a blog you need the following pieces of information: 

• Author
• Date (normally year, month day)
• Title of blog posting followed by [Web log comment]. Unlike other titles, this is NOT italicized
• Retrieval url

Example (remember on your reference list this would be double-spaced):

Emanuele, R. (2012, May 10). Math geek mom: Motherhood, a radical idea [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/mama-phd/math-geek-mom-motherhood-radical-idea

If you are citing a response/comment to a blog post following this example:

O'Doherty, S. (2012, May 11). Re: Math geek mom: Motherhood, a radical idea [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/mama-phd/math-geek-mom-motherhood-radical-idea