16 Creating Reference List Citations: Webpages

Step 1: Find the 4 Ws

The 4 Ws for the webpage (there are four slides)

Step 2: Arrange the 4 Ws in the correct order and with the correct formatting.

The citation for the webpage (click image to see it bigger)

The example above is a webpage with a group author that is the same as the publisher of the website .

• Author: UNESCO is an acronym for the organization’s full name.
  • If the author is an acronym, spell out their full name.
• Date: the publication date of the webpage.
  • Do not use the website’s copyright date for the date.
  • If no publication date is given, use (n.d.), meaning no date.
• Title: is in sentence-case and italics as it is an individual work.
• Source location: is the site name (if different from the author) and URL of the webpage.
  • If the author is the same as the site name (as in our example), only the author is included.

Now try it yourself! 

The Library’s APA Online Guide is a great resource to have on hand for creating reference citations.