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APA Style: Undated Web site content, blogs, and data

Undated web site content, blogs, and data

For content that does not easily fit into categories such as journal papers, books, and reports, keep in mind the goal of a citation is to give the reader a clear path to the source material. For electronic and online materials, include stable URL or database name. Include the author, title, and date published when available. For undated materials, include the date the resource was accessed.

Blog entry

Arrington, M. (2008, August 5). The viral video guy gets $1 million in funding. Message

posted to http://www.techcrunch.com

Professional website

National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2008). Biofuels. Retrieved from

http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biofuels.html

Data set from a database

Bloomberg L.P. (2008). Return on capital for Hewitt Packard 12/31/90 to 09/30/08. Retrieved

Dec. 3, 2008, from Bloomberg database.Central Statistics Office of the Republic of

Botswana. (2008). Gross domestic product per capita 06/01/1994 to 06/01/2008

[statistics]. Available from CEIC Data database.

Entire website

When citing an entire Web site (and not a specific document on that site), no Reference List entry is required if the address for the site is cited in the text of your paper.

Witchcraft In Europe and America is a site that presents the full text of many essential works in the literature of witchcraft and demonology (http://www.witchcraft.psmedia.com/).

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