APA & MLA Citation Guide

 Web Page with Known Author 

• Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year, Month Date). Title of article/ page. Name of Website’s Organization. URL.  
  • Example: Smith, G. (2020, March 17). Faculty members continue to expand their fields through research. Marietta College. https://www.marietta.edu/article/faculty-members-research-2020. 

  Web Page with Organization as the Author 

• Name of Website’s Organization. (Year, Month Date). Title of article/page. URL 
  • Example: Mayo Clinic. (2017, May 24). Hiccups. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hiccups/symptoms-causes/syc-20352613. 
  • Example without a specific month and day: Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2023). About johns hopkins medicine. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/index.html  

Webpage (group author, no date)

• Name of Website’s Organization. (n.d.). Title of article/page. Site name (Mainly for Government Department sites). Retrieved Date, from URL   
  • Example: The Alberta Teachers' Association. (n.d.). Growing Up Digital (GUD) Alberta. https://www.teachers.ab.ca/Public%20Education/EducationResearch/Pages/    GrowingUpDigital(GUD)Alberta.aspx
  • (APA Publication Manual, 2020, pp. 350-353)

Wikipedia entry

• List of most translated individual authors. (2020, May 10). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most_translated_individual_authors&oldid=955977125
• Cite the archived version. If there is no permanent link, include the URL and retrieval date.
• (APA Publication Manual, 2020, p. 329)

 Generative AI

• An APA Style Blog post guides us on how to cite generative AI, such as Chat GPT 
  • Example: Author/creator of AI model. (Year of model). Name of model (Version of model) [Type or description of model]. Retrieved month day, year, from https://xxxxx..

Email, text, online chat messages, etc.

These are cited as “personal communications" because a reader cannot access the original source. Personal communications are not included in the reference list. In text, give the initials and surname of the communicator, and the date.

• T. Jones (personal communication, April 18, 2018)
• (C. J. Roche, personal communication, November 17, 2019)

(APA Publication Manual, 2020, p. 260)