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Web resources form a separate category in APA Style. They consist of four components: author, publication date, title and URL.
Unfortunately, some of these components are often missing. For instance, there may be no author or publication date. What should you do if this is the case?
Author Last Name, Initials. (Year, MonthDay). Article Title [Type]. Retrieved from http://WebAddress
Reference list
Worland, J. (2015, July 27). U.S. flood risk could be worse than we thought. Retrieved from http://time.com/3973256/flooding-risk-coastal-cities/
In-text citation
An article on Time suggests that … (Worland, 2015).
In a news article, Worland (2015) suggests that … .
No author
Online article: No author
Format
Article Title. [Type] (Year, MonthDay). Retrieved from http://WebAddress
Reference list
U.S. flood risk could be worse than we thought. (2015, July 27). Retrieved from http://time.com/3973256/flooding-risk-coastal-cities/
In-text citation
An article on Time suggests that … (“U.S. flood risk,” 2015).
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Bas Swaen (Scribbr Team)
November 6, 2020 at 4:57 PMThanks for reading! Hope you found this article helpful. If anything is still unclear, or if you didn’t find what you were looking for here, leave a comment and we’ll see if we can help.