Citation Generators - A Warning!
There are several free online citation generators that will make your Works Cited or Reference pages for you. Beware that these do not always format your sources correctly (there is a reason they are free). If you choose to use one of these tools, use the tabs at the top of the screen to check that they are correct before submitting your assignment. You don't want to lose points on your assignment because the AI generators were wrong!
APA Web Page Organizational or Government Author
References:
Use this format if you have a web page with an organization or government agency as the author. However, if there is a person listed as the author, use the web page with author format.
If there is no date with the article you are using, DO NOT use the copyright year at the bottom of the page. That applies to the whole website and is not necessarily the date your information was written. See the tab for a web page with no date for directions.
- If there is a group who is producing and publishing the information, they may be listed as the author. Common examples are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institute of Health.
- Article titles are written sentence style, which means you capitalize like you are writing a sentence. Capitalize the first word and any proper nouns in the title. They are also italicized.
- If the name of the organization is also the name of the web site, you do not have to list them again under the website name part of the reference.
- Always include the link that takes you straight to the page/article you are using.
- If you use multiple pages/articles on one site (they will have different links) you need to cite them separately. Each one will have its own line on your reference page and will have its own in-text citation.
- Note where periods or commas separate pieces of information. There is no period after the webpage link.
- *We can't do a hanging indent on this page but be sure to include it in your final version.
Agency or Group. (Date). Article title (italicized & capitalized sentence style). URL link to article/page
World Health Organization. (2018, May 24). The top 10 causes of death. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
In-Text Citation:
(World Health Organization, 2018)
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