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Communication 201: Foundations of Communication

This guide is designed to help students researching for their informative & persuasive speeches in COMM 201.

Online Resources for APA

Citing Something You Found on a Website - APA Style

What to do when information is missing:

Note: The basic reference template is made up of four pieces: author, date, title (with format in brackets if necessary), and source (the URL). When one or more of these pieces is missing, use the method shown above to adapt the template. In-text citations use the pieces from Position A and Position B (usually the author and date, but if there’s no author, then the title and date—more details available at http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/web-page-no-author.aspx).

American Psychological Association. (2010). How to Cite Something You Found on a Website in APA Style [PDF document]. Retrieved from http://blog.apastyle.org/files/how-to-cite-something-you-found-on-a-website-in-apa-style---table-1.pdf