APA Reference List Examples:
Online and Other Sources
©Tutoring and Learning Centre, George Brown College 2014 www.georgebrown.ca/tlc
For online sources, provide as much of the full date information as possible within the date of
publication parentheses, e.g. (2013, May 3). Online sources such as blogs, newspapers, or
Youtube videos are more likely to include a full date. Look for Copyright information with a date
attached.
Basic Online Resources
Academic Journal:
Author, A., & Author, B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume
number(issue number if available), page range. doi:0000000/000000000000
Gilbert, D. J. (2014). Social work and engineering collaboration: Forging innovative global
community development education. Journal Of Social Work Education, 50(2), 292-304.
doi:10.1080/10437797.2014.885263
*If no DOI is available do not include it
Web Document or E-Book downloaded from a website
Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of document. Retrieved from
http://www.somewebsite.com/docs
Gaines, M. (2006). Grandfather’s love pie. Retrieved from
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20197
Chapter or section of a web document
Author, A. A.(Date of publication). Title of article. In Title of book or larger document (chapter or
section number). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Gaffin, A. & Kapor, M. (1994). Welcome to the world of the internet. In Big dummy’s guide to
the internet (introduction). Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/118
In a reference entry for an internet document, include the file format of the document in square
brackets after the title of the document.
Personal or Corporate Author. (n.d.). Title of document [file format]. Retrieved from
http://www.URL_of_specific_document
George Brown College Library Learning Commons. (n.d.). GBC library commons handout: APA
format: The basics (6
th
ed.) [PDF file]. Retrieved from http://researchguides.
georgebrown.ca /content.php?pid= 16363 &sid=3753032
Online News:
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of news-site. Retrieved from
http://URL_of_specific_document
Posadzki, A. (2014, June 4). B.C. teachers considering full-scale strike. The Globe and Mail.
Retrieved from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/province-can-cut-
teachers-pay-during-lockout-bc-labour-relations-board-rules/article18995684/