In 2007 the American Psychological Association created the APA Style Guide for Electronic References. This document was created to amend and update material from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association which was published in 2002. Some of the new sources include: blogs, online dictionaries, video blogs (e.g., YouTube), wikis, etc. This particular entry will cover wikis.
GENERAL FORM:
Article title. (Year, Month ##). Retrieved Month ##, year, from Wiki's Name: http://...
NOTE:
- none of the text will be italicized
- double space
- employ the hanging indent if necessary
- use "n.d." if no date is available
- page/article title will be like any other article title - the first word capitalized in the title and subtitle; all others are lowercase unless the proper name of a person, place, or organization appears in the title
IN-TEXT CITATION (based on examples):
The article "American Psychological Association" (2008) states that, "...". [quote]
OR
The American Psychological Association was created ... ("American Psychological Association", 2008). [paraphrase]
NOTE: Since neither article has numbered paragraphs, we cannot place the paragraph symbol (¶; or the text "para." in place of ¶) and its associated paragraph number with our in-text citation for direct quotations. The readers can go to the article's page to verify the information for themselves if material is directly quoted.
Source:
American Psychological Association. (2007). APA Style Guide for Electronic References. Washington, DC: Author.
