Webpages
Referencing webpages (examples are in blue)
Note: Capital letters in the webpage title: There should only be a capital letter for the first word in the webpage title, the first word in the subtitle, or for a proper noun (such as a place or a person's name). All other words in the webpage title are lower case.
Note: Website or webpage? A webpage is a page or article within a website. Think of it like a book - the website is the book, the webpages are the chapters in a book
Note: Wikipedia articles are treated differently than other website articles. See entry below.
Note: Retrieval dates are not required unless the nature of the website's content changes dramatically and frequently over time (such as the World Clock or global population numbers). See entry below : 'Webpage with no author and no date, and content is designed to change over time'.
| Format | Reference | In-Text Citation |
| Webpage with an individual author(s) |
Author Surname, Initial. (Year, Month Date). Title of webpage. Website name. Website URL
Richards, S. E., & Akpan, N. (2020, December 1). Already had the coronavirus? You could get it again. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/why- coronavirus-reinfections-are- happening/#close Note: If the date and month is not available, these details can be left out. |
(Author, year) (Richards & Akpan, 2020) OR According to Richards and Akpan (2020) ...... |
| Webpage with organisation or group as author |
Organisation. (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage. Website name - if different to organisation. Website URL
Mayo Clinic. (2020, April 7). Lactose intolerance. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lactose-intolerance/symptoms-causes/syc-20374232/
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(Organisation, year)
(Mayo Clinic, 2020)
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| Webpage with no date |
Author / organisation. (n.d.). Title of webpage. Website name - if different to organisation / group name. Website URL
Australian Psychological Society. (n.d.). Anxiety disorders. https://www.psychology.org.au/for-the-public/PsychologyTopics/Anxiety/
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(Author, n.d.). (Australian Psychological Society, n.d.) |
| Webpage with no individual author and no date, and content is designed to change over time |
Organisation name. (n.d.). Title of webpage. Website name - if different to organisation name. Retrieved (Month Date, Year), from Website URL
U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). U.S. and world population clock. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved December 3, 2020, from https://www.census.gov/popclock/
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(Organisation name, n.d.). (U.S. Census Bureau, n.d.). |
| Wikipedia article |
Wikipedia is treated differently from other website articles: Title of article. (Year, Month Date). In Wikipedia. URL. Quantum mechanics. (2020, December 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_mechanics&oldid=948476810
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("Wikipedia entry title", year, paragraph) ("Quantum mechanics", 2020, para. 4) |
| Religious Works |
Title of website. (Year). Title of webpage. URL. Original work published XXXX (if known)
King James Bible. (2017). King James Bible Online. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org
Note: Religious works published as webpages follow the usual webpage reference format. Religious works are usually treated as having no author. Replace the author with the website title. |
(Title of Webpage, Original year of publication/recent year of publication, Chapter: verse) (King James Bible, 1769/2017, 2 Cor 5:17) |