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ADDENDUM ON APA CITATION: ONLINE SOURCES Jamie Anderson, SFU Surrey Library August 1, 2006 The APA Manual should be your main source of information for citing sources, but this addendum was put together to cover several types of electronic sources which are not covered by the APA. Here’s what the guide covers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Webpages Blogs Online Journal Articles Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Email Online Images The TECH 100 text Teamwork and Communication Author and Owner Unknown, use Title of Webpage Use the webpage title as the first element of the citation if the author or owner is unavailable. What is a scholarly journal? (2002, September 24). Retrieved July 21, 2006, from …show more content…

Retrieved October 28, 2004, from http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm 5. Email You should not include citations to email in your reference list at the end of your assignment. Include the citation only in the text of your essay. You need the author and the date the email was sent, as follows: I revised my thesis based on the suggestions of a fellow student (J.M. Smith, personal communication, October 2, 2004). First, I added a section discussing … If an email was sent to a listserv which is archived and viewable by others, it must be included in your reference list. See Troyka’s example #49 on how to do this. Don’t cite it as an online source if you haven’t viewed the text of the article/book online! Before you cite something as an online source, make sure you view the full text of the item online. Some databases show you the full text of the article, but others only provide the title, author and a brief summary. This applies to books as well. Unless you read the book on the computer, you cite the print source and not the URL for the library catalogue record. 6. Online Images 4. Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries The APA style manual does not cover citing encyclopedias or dictionaries, so the closest print example is given in Troyka #12-13. Online Encyclopedia Hammill, G. (1997). Saturday night live. In Encyclopedia of television. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn

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