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When citing a website, take note of the author, title, the publisher, publication date, and the date you accessed the site.
For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and a specific example will be provided.
The following format will be used:
In-text Citation - entry that appears in the body of your paper.
References - entry that appears at the end of your paper
General Format
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Author Surname, Year)
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Author Surname, Year, page or paragraph number [if available])
References:
Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Last update or copyright date; if not known,
put n.d.).Title of specific document. Name of University website: URL
of specific document
Example
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Benson & Decker, n.d.)
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Benson & Decker, n.d.)
References:
Benson, A., & Decker, R. (n.d.). The music atlas. University of Toronto website: http://www.uoftoronto.com/musicatlas/
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University offers an online resource which can be used in some cases. However, it does not include everything required for citing sources in one place.
The APA citation style does not cover Canadian government sources, and has only a limited section on American government resources.
Please refer to the staff at the Library Reference Desk for clarification when citing Canadian government sources.