APA Referencing Guide

For a page from an organisation’s website without individual authors, use the name of the organisation as the author. 

When the name of the author and the name of the website are the same, omit the website name in the reference.

For government publications, use the specific agency responsible as the author, and place any additional parent agencies in the source element.     
   
 

Reference list entry:

Mayo Clinic. (2020, June 13). Cough.
     https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/cough/basics/definition/sym-20050846 
 

Queensland Health. (2022, June 23). 2022-23 budget. Queensland
     Government. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/health-
     system/managing/budget?
     utm_medium=website&utm_source=qh_www_home_page&utm_campaign=dh-WWW-
     HOME&utm_term=&utm_content=2022_23_budget_tile
 

Narrative citation:
Mayo Clinic (2020) 
 

Queensland Health (2022)
 

Parenthetical citation:
(Mayo Clinic, 2020)
 

(Queensland Health, 2022)

For works with no date, use “n.d.” in the in-text citation and reference list. This is common when using a website as a source, as it is not often that a date of publication is included.

Do not use the copyright date.

Reference list entry:

The North American Menopause Society. (n.d.). Hormone therapy: Benefits & risks. https://www.menopause.org/for-women/menopauseflashes/menopause-symptoms-and-treatments/hormone-therapy-benefits-risks

Narrative citation:

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS, n.d.) [for the first in-text citation]

NAMS (n.d.) [for subsequent citations] 

Parenthetical citation:

(The North American Menopause Society [NAMS], n.d.). [for the first in-text citation]

(NAMS, n.d.) [for subsequent citations] 

When you are building a reference that includes a scientific name (aka taxonomy; such as a botanical name including genus, species or varities, or a bacterium such as a probiotic strain) you are required to always use italics both in-text and in the reference list. However, when the scientific name is in an italicised title element you will need to remove the italics in order to retain emphasis (ie. reverse italics).

Reference list entry:

The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. (n.d.). New South Wales flora online: Solanum nigrum L. PlantNet. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=solanum~nigrum 

Narrative citation:

The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (RBGS, n.d.) [for the first in-text citation]

RBGS (n.d.) [for subsequent citations] 

Parenthetical citation:

(The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney [RBGS], n.d.). [for the first in-text citation]

(RBGS, n.d.). [for subsequent citations] 

When a PDF document does not fit into any other referencing format (e.g. journal article), use the standard formatting for a webpage as a guide. 

For government publications, use the specific agency responsible as the author, and place any additional parent agencies in the source element.

Reference list entry:

Queensland Health. (2022, September). Adult inpatient management of steroid induced 
     hyperglycaemia. Queensland
     Government. www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/1175211/g-steroid-induced-
     hyperglycaemia.pdf  

Narrative Citation:
Queensland Health (2022)

Parenthetical Citation:
(Queensland Health, 2022)