Helpful Tip
- When citing sources that you find on the Internet you only need to include a retrieval date if the information you viewed is likely to change over time (p. 290). If you reference an article from a site that may experience continuous updates, you would then need to include a retrieval date.
General Format
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Title of specific document, Year)
NOTE: If the title of a document is long, use a shortened version for the
in-text citations.
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Title of specific document, Year, page or paragraph number)
References:
Title of specific document. (Last update or copyright date; if not known, put n.d.). Title of website. URL of specific document
Example
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(What to know, n.d.)
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(What to know, n.d., para. 4)
References:
What to know about cancer. (n.d.). Medical News Today. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323648.php