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APA 7th Edition: Webpages and Websites

This guide will help you simplify the APA citation style, which is primarily used by disciplines in the business, social sciences, health, and education fields. The official guide is published by the American Psychological Association.

Webpages and Websites Examples

Webpage on a News Site

Author, A.A. (Year, Month Date). Use the page title. News website name. http://xxxxx

Example:

Bologna, C. (2019, October 31). Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies. HuffPost.

           https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e

Parenthetical citation: (Bologna, 2019)  


Webpage on a website with a government agency group author

Author, A.A. [name of goverment agency]. (Year, Month). Use the page title. Site Name. http://xxxxx

Example:

National Institute of Mental Health. (2018, July). Anxiety disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

              National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml

Parenthetical citation: (National Institute of Mental Health, 2018)