Kidspsych is a wonderful interactive Web site for children
(http://www.kidspsych.org).
*No reference entry is needed.
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Citing Specific DOCUMENTS on a Web Site
Web documents share many of the same elements found in a print document (e.g., authors, titles, dates). Therefore, the citation for a Web document often follows a format similar to that for print, with some information omitted and some added. Here are some examples of how to cite documents posted on APA's own Web site.
An action alert posted by our Public Policy Office:
American Psychological Association. (1995, September 15). APA public
policy action alert: Legislation would
affect grant recipients
[Announcement]. Washington, DC: Author.
Retrieved January 25,
1996, from
the World Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/ppo/istook.html
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An ARTICLE from the journal American Psychologist:
Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history
of
facilitated
communication: Science, pseudoscience, and
antiscience: Science
working group on facilitated
communication. American
Psychologist, 50, 750–765. Retrieved
January 25, 1996, from the World Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/journals/jacobson.html
An article from the APA Monitor (article in a magazine, no author identified):
From 'character' to 'personality': The lack of a generally accepted,
unifying theory
hasn't curbed research into the study of
personality. (1999,
December). APA Monitor, 30(11). Retrieved
August
22, 2000, from the World
Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec99/ss9.html
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An ABSTRACT:
Rosenthal, R. (1995). State of New Jersey v. Margaret Kelly Michaels: An
overview [Abstract]. Psychology, Public
Policy, and Law,
1,247–271.
Retrieved January 25, 1996, from the World Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/journals/ab1.html
An independent document (no author identified):
Electronic reference formats recommended by the American
Psychological Association. (2000, August
22). Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Retrieved August 29, 2000,
from
the World Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html
All references begin with the same information that would be provided for a printed source (or as much of that information as is available). If no publication date is available for a document, use "n.d." (stands for "no date") in its place. The Web information is then placed in a retrieval statement at the end of the reference. It is important to give the date of retrieval because documents on the Web may change in content, move, or be removed from a site altogether.
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Citing Articles and Abstracts From ELECTRONIC DATABASES
APA's recommendations for citing electronic media have changed substantially since we published the fourth edition of the Publication Manual. For databases, rather than the "Available: File: Item: " statement specified in the Publication Manual, we now recommend a retrieval statement that identifies the date of retrieval (omitted for CD-ROMs) and the source (e.g., DIALOG, WESTLAW, SIRS, Electric Library), followed in parentheses by the name of the specific database used and any additional information needed to retrieve a particular item. For Web sources, a URL should be given that points to an "entry page" for the database. The basic retrieval statement for CD-ROM databases is as follows:
Retrieved
from [source] database ([name of database], CD-ROM,
[release date], [item no.--if applicable])
The basic retrieval statement for on-line databases is:
Retrieved [month day, year,] from [source] on-line database ([name of
database], [item no.--if applicable])
The basic retrieval statement for databases accessed via the Web is:
Retrieved [month day, year,] from
[source] database ([name of
database], [item no.--if applicable]) on the
World Wide Web:
[URL]
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Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1998, March). Encryption: Impact on
law enforcement.
Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from SIRS
database (SIRS
Government Reporter, CD-ROM, Fall 1998 release)
Schneiderman, R. A. (1997). Librarians can make sense of the Net. San
Antonio Business Journal, 11(31), pp. 58+.
Retrieved January 27,
1999, from EBSCO database (Masterfile) on
the World Wide Web:
http://www.ebsco.com
Kerrigan, D. C., Todd, M. K., & Riley, P. O. (1998). Knee
osteoarthritis
and high-heeled shoes. The Lancet, 251,
1399-1401. Retrieved
January 27,
1999, from DIALOG database (#457, The Lancet) on
the World Wide
Web: http://www.dialogweb.com
Davis, T. (1992). Examining educational malpractice jurisprudence:
Should a cause
of action be created for student-athletes? Denver
University Law Journal,
69, 57+. Retrieved January 27, 1999,
from WESTLAW on-line
database (69 DENULR 57)
Bowles, M. D. (1998). The organization man goes to college: AT&T's
experiment in humanistic education,
1953-1960. The Historian,
61,15+. Retrieved January 27, 1999, from DIALOG
on-line
database (#88,IAC Business A.R.T.S., Item 04993186)