As far as websites, here's from Purdue's trust OWL site: Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report
List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt around to find the information; don't be lazy. If there is a page like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn't have the information you're looking for, move up the URL to http://www.somesite.com/): Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ *NOTE*: When an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL that links to the home page or entry page for the document. Also, if there isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.) for no date. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:36 PM, rfro...@jbu.edu <rfro...@jbu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > I don’t believe the APA has chimed in on any of those questions and > probably a recent dictionary (APA suggests Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate > Dictionary) would be best for such questions. For example, it may have been > AP (Associated Press) who recently mandated that e-mail should now be > spelled email. **** > > ** ** > > As to your specific terms, looking at a dictionary Web site indicates that > “Website” can be one word but it seems the two word arrangement is still > preferred. Web page is two words. I believe “Web” modifying page or site is > upper case and if you talk about the Web, as a proper noun, it would be > capitalized. Certainly the World Wide Web is capitalized (does anyone still > call it that?). I got most of this info from: > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/website. Also, I just violated > one of APA’s rules which is not to put a period after a Web site name > (probably because of what it can do to a hyperlink). In fact, they instruct > authors to revise a sentence so that the URL doesn’t end the sentence.**** > > ** ** > > Rick**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Dr. Rick Froman, Chair**** > > Division of Humanities and Social Sciences **** > > Professor of Psychology **** > > Box 3519**** > > John Brown University **** > > 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 **** > > rfro...@jbu.edu **** > > (479) 524-7295**** > > http://bit.ly/DrFroman **** > > ** ** > > * * > > * * > > *From:* Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] > *Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 3:04 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* [tips] APA style question**** > > ** ** > > APA style mavens:**** > > What is the current APA preference for references to the web, web pages, > websites, etc?**** > > One word or two?**** > > Capitalization of web (Web): yes or no?**** > > ** ** > > I found a page on the APA site that was not internally consistent on these > matters (I am shocked; SHOCKED!) . . . so, moot point? Do whatever I like? > The APA manual appears to be silent on the matter of web content.**** > > ** ** > > I've been working with my staff to embark on a massive migration of the > CUTLA web site (Web site?) to CMS management later this summer. We are > developing a style manual for the site to guide the rebuild. I'd like the > manual to be consistent with APA style.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance!**** > > ** ** > > Anybody with suggestions on making a site user-friendly for navigation is > welcome to chime in on these matters, too!**** > > ** ** > > Claudia > **** > > _____________________________________________**** > > **** > > Claudia J. 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