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 the retrieval statement, .... e.g. Retrieved August 31,2017, from https://www. | + | *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 the retrieval statement, .... e.g. Retrieved August 31,2017, from https://www.wikipedia.org/ |
* 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. | ||
Revision as of 01:58, 22 October 2017
- 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).
- 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 the retrieval statement, .... e.g. Retrieved August 31,2017, from https://www.wikipedia.org/
- 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 6.32, pp. 189-192 and the APA Style Blog's DOI & URL Flowchart.