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How to Document an Online Newsletter With No Author in APA

Many organizations, both public and private, use newsletters to keep their members apprised of developments that might be relevant to them or simply interesting. Traditionally printed, newsletters today also are available additionally or even exclusively online. If you want to use data or information extracted from an online newsletter as a scholarly source, you need to cite and document that source correctly by following the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines. The handbook "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association," details the formatting and source citation recommendations known as APA style.

Instructions

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      Write the title of the online newsletter you want to site followed by a period. Capitalize the first word of the title and any proper nouns like names in the title. For example, write "Anti-space creatures campaign attracts adherents."

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      Write the year and month of publication of the online newsletter within parentheses, separated by a comma and followed by a period. For example, write "Anti-space creatures campaign attracts adherents. (2011, April)."

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      Write the name of the online newsletter you are citing followed by a period. For example, write "Anti-space creatures campaign attracts adherents. (2011, April). Utah News of the Day." Italicize the name of the newsletter in an actual APA citation.

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      Write the words "Retrieved from" followed by the Web address of the newsletter. For example, write "Anti-space creatures campaign attracts adherents. (2011, April). Utah News of the Day. Retrieved from http://www.pinkpochade.com/html/UND/news/topstory.html."

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      Write a shortened title of your source in quotation marks and the year of publication within parentheses and separated by a comma for an in-text citation in APA style. For example, write ("Anti-space creatures," 2011).

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