ACAP Learning Resources: Reference in APA 7: Blogs

Reference Elements: Blog Posts

Blogger, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the post. Blog name in italics. https://doi.org/xxxx

Blogs follow the same format as journal articles except the addition of month and day of the post in the Date element.

The name of the blog is italicised in the same way as journal publications.

See the APA Style and Grammar Guidelines for information about citing blog comments.

REFERENCE LIST EXAMPLES
IN TEXT EXAMPLES

McAdoo, T. (2019, November 7). How Many Names to Include in an APA Style Reference. APA Style Blog. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/more-than-20-authors

Ee, F. (2019, August 31). Preparing for change – A reflection of William Bridges Transition Model. Queensland Counsellors Association Blog. https://qca.asn.au/blogging/preparing-for-change-a-reflection-of-william-bridges-transition-model/

Parenthetical Style

Citations of sources with up to 20 authors should include all names (McAdoo, 2019).

"Organisations are notorious for thinking staff have bad morale" (Ee, 2019, para. 5).

Narrative Style

McAdoo (2019) explains how many authors should be included.

Ee (2019) acknowledges that "organisations are notorious for thinking staff have bad morale" (para. 5).