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Webpage on a website with an individual author(s)

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Author(s). (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage in italics. Site Name. URL

Example with single author:

Ferriss, S. (2015, August 2). Virginia pursuing school policing reforms following center probe. The Center for Public Integrity. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/08/01/17734/virginia-pursuing-school-policing-reforms-following-center-probe

  • In-text paraphrase: (Ferriss, 2015). 
  • In-text quote: (Ferriss, 2015, para. 7).

Example with multiple authors:

Levine, C., Rebala, P., & Vasilogambros, M. (2020, September 29). National data release sheds light on past polling place changes. The Center for Public Integrity. https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/ballotboxbarriers/data-release-sheds-light-on-past-polling-place-changes/

  • In-text paraphrase:(Levine et al., 2020).
  • In-text quote: (Levine et al., 2020, para. 3).

 

Webpage on a website with a group author

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Organization/Group. (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage in italics. URL

Examples:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, March 28). Measles vaccinations. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/measles/index.html

  • In-text paraphrase: (Centers for Disease Control, 2019).
  • In-text quote: (Centers for Disease Control, 2019, para. 5). 

World Health Organization. (2023, July 18). Immunization coverage. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/immunization-coverage

  • In-text paraphrase: (World Health Organization, 2023). 
  • In-text quote: (World Health Organization, 2023, para. 3). 

 

Blog post

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Author(s). (Year, Month Day). Article title. Name of the Blog in Italics. URL

Example:

Lewis, R. (2020, February 13). A fruit fly love story: The making of a mutant 2020. DNA Science Blog. https://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/2020/02/13/a-fruit-fly-love-story-the-making-of-a-mutant-2020/

  • In-text paraphrase: (Lewis, 2020).
  • In-text quote: (Lewis, 2020, para. 3).

 

Blog Comment

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Commenter (real name or username). (Year, Month Day). Comment title or first 20 words of the comment [Comment on the blog post "Full title of blog post"]. Name of the Blog in Italics. URL of the comment or the blog post.

joachimr. (2019, November 19). We are relying on APA as our university style format - the university is located in Germany (Kassel). So I [Comment on the blog post “The transition to seventh edition APA Style”]. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/transition-seventh-edition#comment-4694866690

  • In-text quote: (joachimr, 2019)
  • In-text paraphrase: (joachimr, 2019)