The following is how the APA publication manual states an
internet website should be referenced:
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Author, I. (date). Title of website article. Name of
website you obtained the information from [on-line].
Available: specify URL path
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Expanation of terms:
1. Author, I. = In most cases there won't be a discernible
author, use the name of the enitity that is providing
the website.
For example info from this website:
http://site.health-center.com/brain/, the author would
be Health-center
2. (date) = right click on the webpage. If your using
Netscape Navigator choose "view info" if you have
Microsoft Explorer choose "properites". Either way you
will find a "date created" listing, include the month
and year in your reference.
3. Title of website article = Look at the top of the
webpage and find the title.
4. Name of the website = for APA.org, APA is name of the
website, for the example above, Health-center is the
name of the website.
5. Available: specify URL path = type the word "available",
then go back to the web page. Look up at the address
bar at the top of the webpage. Highlight it, right
click your mouse, choose "copy". Go back to your post,
click "paste"
Remember to put quotation marks around any and all
information you obtain from a website.
Another useful source on How to Reference a Web Site:
APA Style
Guide: Citing APA Database Pages
Subject: Example Post with a reference to a URL
There seems to be a lot of similarities between PTSD and
Dissociative Identity Disorder. Both of these disorders
seem to be directly related to traumatic events. I wonder
if these disorders can be treated in a similar fashion.
The folling is information I got from a website concerning
the treatement of PTSD:
"Treatment for PTSD includes cognitive-behavioral
therapy, group psychotherapy, and medications (including
antidepressants). Various forms of exposure therapy (such
as systemic desensitization and imaginal flooding) have all
been used with PTSD patients. Exposure treatment for PTSD
involves repeated reliving of the trauma, under controlled
conditions, with the aim of facilitating the processing of
the trauma." (1)
Does "reliving the trauma" help people with Dissociative
Identity Disorder?
(1) National Institute of Mental Health (May, 1999).
Anxiety disorders: Post-traumatic stress disorder-quick
facts. NIMH. Available:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxiety/ptsd/ptsdfax.htm