Answered By: Daniel Dylla
Last Updated: Sep 11, 2023     Views: 1327

The 7th edition of the APA Style Manual has the following advice -

Do not create references or in-text citations for whole websites.

To mention a website in general, and not any particular information on that site, provide the name of the website in the text and include the URL in parentheses. For example, you might mention that you used a website to create a survey.

Example in print writing - We created our survey using Qualtrics (https://www.qualtrics.com).

Online writing example - We created our survey using Qualtrics.

If you are citing a specific webpage from a larger website, then follow the examples shown here. For example, a citation for a webpage with an individual author is -

Horovitz, B. (2021, October 19). Are you ready to move your aging parent into your home? AARP. https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/home-care/info-

     2021/caregiving-questions.html

And an example of a citation for a webpage with no individual author, just an organizational one would be -

World Health Organization. (2018, May 24). The top 10 causes of death. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death

Links can be live if the document will be placed online.

More information can be found at the APA Style entries on websites and webpages below.

You might find the Purdue Online Writing Lab's APA Formatting Guide helpful for future questions. 

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