Difference between revisions of "Online retrieval statements"
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* If you are unable to find a DOI, then search for and use a direct URL to the document on the web, or to the publisher's homepage (whichever takes you to the document more reliably). | * If you are unable to find a DOI, then search for and use a direct URL to the document on the web, or to the publisher's homepage (whichever takes you to the document more reliably). | ||
| − | *If there is no date but it is important when you accessed the database or website (for example, if the database forecasts a product and that forecast might change in the future) put the date in | + | *Format DOIs and URLs as hyperlinks by including https://. Links should be live for all online document. (APA, p. 299) |
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| + | *If there is no date but it is important when you accessed the database or website (for example, if the database forecasts a product and that forecast might change in the future) put the date in a retrieval statement, .... e.g. Retrieved August 31,2017, from https://www.wikipedia.org/ (see p. 290 of the Manual) | ||
| − | * Note that you should not use the URL of the item in your library database and you should not name the database in your reference -- unless the item is only published in that database. | + | * Note that you should not use the URL of the item in your library database and you should not name the database in your reference -- unless the item is only published in that database. |
| − | For more information, see section | + | For more information, see section 9.34, pp. 298-299 and the APA Style Blog's [http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/09/a-doi-and-url-flowchart.html DOI & URL Flowchart]. |
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Revision as of 17:41, 24 August 2020
- If your source has a DOI, use that in place of a URL at the end of your reference.
- If it has no DOI, then use crossref.org's DOI Lookup to try to find a DOI for it. (Note that sources that are not academic journal articles are generally less likely to have a DOI assigned to them.)
- If you are unable to find a DOI, then search for and use a direct URL to the document on the web, or to the publisher's homepage (whichever takes you to the document more reliably).
- Format DOIs and URLs as hyperlinks by including https://. Links should be live for all online document. (APA, p. 299)
- If there is no date but it is important when you accessed the database or website (for example, if the database forecasts a product and that forecast might change in the future) put the date in a retrieval statement, .... e.g. Retrieved August 31,2017, from https://www.wikipedia.org/ (see p. 290 of the Manual)
- Note that you should not use the URL of the item in your library database and you should not name the database in your reference -- unless the item is only published in that database.
For more information, see section 9.34, pp. 298-299 and the APA Style Blog's DOI & URL Flowchart.