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APA Style: Citing Online Sources
GENERAL FORMAT for electronically-retrieved sources:
Online Periodical
Author, A.A., Author, B.B., & Author, C.C. (2000). Title of article.Title of Periodical, xx,xxx-xxx. Retrieved month, day , year,
from source.
Please note: The 'source' is the URL for the article.
Online Document
Author, A.A. (2000) Title of work. Retrieved month day, year,from source.
Please note: The 'source' is the URL for the document.
Examples of citations from library subscription databases
Note: For additional information and examples, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 5th edition 2001 in the library at Ref. 808.02 A512p 2001.
Example from America: History and Life:
Houck, D.W. & Nocasian, M. (2002). FDR’s first inaugural address:
text, context, and reception. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 5(4), 649-678.
Retrieved August 10, 2003, from America: History & Life database.
Example from Art Full Text (WilsonWeb):
DeVonyar, J. & Kendall, R. (2003). The Class of 1881: Degas, drawing,
and the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. Master Drawings, 41(2), 151-162.
Retrieved September 23, 2003, from Art Full Text (WilsonWeb) database.
Examples from ERIC (Ebsco):
Journal Article:
Gang, M. & Siegel, L.S. (2002). Sound-symbol learning in
children with dyslexia. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(2), 137-157.
Retrieved July 17, 2003, from ERIC (Ebsco) database.
ERIC Document:
Slowinski, J. (2002). Becoming a Technologically Savvy
Administrator(Report No. EDO-EA-00-1). Washington, D.C.:
Office of Educational Research and Improvement. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED438593)
Retrieved January 31, 2001, from ERIC (Ebsco) database.
Example from JSTOR:
Knight, F.H. (1939). Bertrand Russell on power. Ethics, 49(3),
253-285. Retrieved September 22, 2003, from JSTOR database.
Example from Lexis-Nexis:
Wedner, D. (1998, June 18). Personal best: a close-up look at
people who matter; student rallies volunteers to help kids read.
Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 4, 1998, from Lexis-Nexis
database.
Example from LION (Literature Online):
Austin, L.M. (2002). Emily Bronte’s homesickness. Victorian Studies: an
International Journal of Social, Political, and Cultural Studies, 44(4),
573-596. Retrieved May 4, 2003, from LION (Literature Online)
database.
Example from MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography:
Atchley, C.P.E. (2002) Reconsidering the ghost in Hamlet: cohesion or
coercion? Philological Review, 28(2), 5-20. Retrieved January 28, 2003,
from MLA International Bibliography database.
Example from PsycINFO (Ebsco):
Fournier, M., de Ridder, D., & Bensing, J. (1999). Optimism and adaptation
to multiple sclerosis: what does optimism mean? Journal of
Behavioral Medicine, 22, 303-326. Retrieved October 23, 2000,
from PsycINFO (Ebsco) database.
Example from ScienceDirect:
Fatta, D, Naoum, D., & Loizidou, M. (2002). Integrated environmental
monitoring and simulation system for use as a management
decision support tool in urban areas. Journal of Environmental
Management, 64(4), 333-343. Retrieved April 5, 2003, from
ScienceDirect database.
Example from Sociological Abstracts:
Krassa, M.A. (1988). Social groups, selective perceptions, and
behavioral contagion in public opinion. Social Networks, 10(2), 109-136.
Retrieved September 21, 2002, from Sociological Abstracts database.
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