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APA 6th Edition Referencing: Online newspapers

This is a Wintec guide to help you with referencing in the American Psychological Association (APA) style.

Newspaper article from the Internet

 Author, A. (Full date of publication). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieval information 


Example—reference list entry

Tait, M. (2014, June 12). Rubbish trial is food for thought. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved from http://www.nzherald.co.nz 

Note: Give the URL of the newspaper home page to avoid broken links.

Example—in-text citation

Tait (2014) indicates … (para. 4). 
or
... (Tait, 2014, para. 4).

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