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How to Cite Internet Sources (APA and MLA Styles)

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

If you cannot find all of the suggested information, cite what you do find in the recommended order.

Examples are single spaced; DOUBLE SPACE citations in your reference list.
Titles may either be underlined as shown or placed in italics.
For more information on APA citation style, see http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

SOURCE	FORMAT	EXAMPLE
Web Page	Author. (date of document or latest revision). Title of document. Place of publication: Publisher. Retrieved (date you looked at the site) from the World Wide Web: URL	Long, P.W. (1997). Nicotine dependence: American description. Internet Mental Health. Retrieved June 24, 1999 from the World Wide Web: http://www. mentalhealth.com/dis1/ p21-sb07.html
Web site	If you reference an entire Web site (rather than a specific document on the site), you may just give the address (URL) in the text.	In the text of your paper, cite like this: Kidpsych is a wonderful interactive Web site for children (http://www.kidpsych.org).
Electronic Database Use this format for full text articles from Infotrac Expanded Academic ASAP, National Newspapers; CINAHL and other OVID databases, Gale databases, Westlaw etc.	Author. (date of article). Article title. Journal title, journal date month (issue) pages. Retrieved [month day, year] from [name of database], [item no.--if applicable] on the World Wide Web: [URL]	Heim, David. (1998). American mayhem: school shootings. The Christian Century, 115 (17) pp. 563+. Retrieved June 24, 1999 from InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP on the World Wide Web:http://infotrac.galegroup.com
E-mail	Treat as a personal communication. Do not cite in the reference list.	In the text of your paper, cite like this: L. A. Chavez (personal communication, March 28, 1999).

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style

If you cannot find all of the suggested information, cite what you do find in the recommended order.

Examples are single spaced; DOUBLE SPACE citations in your reference list.
For more information on MLA citation style, see http://www.mla.org (choose MLA Style from menu.)

SOURCE	FORMAT	EXAMPLE
Web Page or Site	Author. Title of Document. Date of latest revision. Name of Web site sponsor (usually an institution or organization). Date accessed.	Long, Phillip W. Nicotine Dependence: American Description. 1997. Internet Mental Health. 23 June.1999 <http://www.mentalhealth. com/fr00.html>
Electronic Database Use this format for full text articles from Infotrac Expanded Academic ASAP, National Newspapers; CINAHL and other OVID databases, Gale databases, Westlaw etc.	Author "Title" Journal title article date: page(s). Vendor. Library where accessed, date accessed <URL>	Koretz, Gene."Uh-Oh, Warm Water" Business Week 21 July 1997: 22. Infotrac Expanded Academic ASAP. Montgomery College Library, Takoma Park, Md., 23 June 1999 <http://galenet.gale. com>.
E-mail	Author. Title of email in quotes. E- mail to (the person who received the email). Date of the document.	Yob, Nancy."Spanish Civil War bibliography." E-mail to Marissa Cachero. 8 June 1997.

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