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APA Style: Webpages and Websites

Webpage with no date with a group author and retrieval date

Canadian Centre for Energy Information. (n.d.). Renewable energy. Retrieved October 7, 2020, from https://energy-information.canada.ca/en/subjects/renewable-energy

Narrative citation: Canadian Centre for Energy Information (n.d.)

Parenthetical citation: (Canadian Centre for Energy Information, n.d.)

  • "Some online works note when a work was last updated. If this date is available and is clearly attributable to the specific content you are citing rather than the overall website, use the updated date in the reference" (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 290).
  • "Provide a retrieval date . . . when citing an unarchived (i.e. not stable) work that is likely or meant to change" (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 290).
  • "When the author and site name are the same, omit the site name from the source element" (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 352).

Webpage with a group author on a news website

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (2020, September 23). Recycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic, industry experts say. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/recycling-was-a-lie-a-big-lie-to-sell-more-plastic-industry-experts-say-1.5735618

Narrative citation: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2020)

Parenthetical citation: (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2020)

Webpage with an individual author on a news website

Chung, E. (2015, April 6). How western Canada glaciers will melt away. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/how-western-canada-glaciers-will-melt-away-1.3022242

Narrative citation: Chung (2015)

Parenthetical citation: (Chung, 2015)