APA style guides
More examples are available in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association available from UWA library and the APA style guide to electronic references available online via the UWA Library.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
The 5th edition of the Manual, available for loan from UWA library.- APA style guide to electronic references
pdf (24pp.) outlining the changes to APA style for electronic references made in 2007. Available for download by UWA staff and students.
Web Sources
When citing web sites or pages which may change it's important to make a note of the date you accessed the page or retrieved information from the page, and also to note the URL of the page.
Material Type |
In-Text Citation |
Reference List Entry |
|
Webpage |
(Australian Psychological Society, 2008) |
Australian Psychological Society. (2008). Substance abuse: Position statement. Retrieved December 2, 2008, from http://www.psychology.org.au/publications/statements/substance/ |
| Webpage: No Author |
(Improve indigenous housing, 2007) [Use the first few words of the page title] |
Improve indigenous housing now, governments told. (2007). Retrieved February 8, 2009 from http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=10220 |
| Webpage: No Date | (Jones, n.d.) | Jones, M.D. (n.d.) Commentary on indigenous housing initiatives. Retrieved June 6, 2008 from http://www.architecture.com.au |
| Web Page: No Author and No Date | Put quotation marks around the words you're using, which the reader can use as a search string | Style list for references. (n.d.). Retrieved January 1, 2001, from http://www.apa.org |
|
Discussion Forum |
(Malissa, 2008) | Malissa, A. (2008, October 2). Egypt planning DNA test on 3,500 year old mummy [Msg 43]. Message posted to http://www.topix.com/science/anthropology/2008/05/egypt-planning-dna-test-for-3-500-year-old-mummy |
| Blog | (Brown, 2008) | Brown, M. (2008, November 1). A royal pardon for the British witches? Message posted to http://www.worldhistoryblog.com/ |
|
Electronic Mailing List |
(Anderson, 2005) | Anderson, O. (2005, June 2). Re: Psychology of terrorism. Message posted to Theory Frankfurt School electronic mailing list, archived at http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/theory-frankfurt-school/2005w22/msg00000.htm |
| Wiki |
[use n.d. if no date of publication is given.] (Sports Psychology, n.d.) |
Sports psychology. (n.d.) Retrieved December 2, 2008, from The Psychology Wiki: http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Sports_psychology |
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