APA 6th Edition Website Reference Tool

Reference a website in the APA style of academic citation

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Create an APA website reference and in-line citation

Please enter the details of the website you wish to reference below:

* Required Fields

1. Author

Enter the Surname and Initials or Company for the Author of the website

You must enter the Author

Author Surname or Company Name *

Author Initial(s)

2. Website Title *

Enter the full title of the website or page

You must enter the title of the website or webpage that you wish to reference

3. Year of publication *

Enter the year the website was published in YYYY format. If you only know the year of Copyright then enter a "c" before the year eg: c2015

No date was entered. APA requires n.p. be entered if the Year of publication is not known. If you wish to use [no date] then scroll down and click on Create Reference again to create a reference without a publication date. Alternatively enter the year of publication in YYYY format.

4. Date Accessed *

Enter the date you accessed the website

No date was entered. You need to enter the date that you accessed the website e.g. 1 November 2024

5. URL *

Enter the full URL of the website including the "http://"

Enter the URL of the website you wish to reference

Create Reference

Click the button below to generate your APA Website Reference and In-line Citation. Don't worry, you can come back and edit the reference if you need to correct or add any information

Example APA References for Online Sources

Example Website Reference

Hawking, S. (2000). Professor Stephen Hawking's website. Retrieved 9 February, 2009, from http://www.hawking.org.uk/

Example In-Text Citation for a Website

(Hawking, 2000)

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