- When citing a journal article that you accessed electronically, use the ‘Electronic article’ reference type. Enter the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of the article in the DOI field. If the article has no DOI, use the URL field and enter either the URL of the journal's website (for subscription journals), or the full URL of the article (for articles available free on the web).
- When citing an electronic book, use the ‘Electronic book’ reference type. If the book is freely available on the web, enter the URL in the URL field. If the book is only available from a subscription database, just enter the name of the database in the Name of Database field. You will need to manually edit the entry in the reference list to italicise the title of the book, i.e. there is not a separate reference type for chapters in an electronic book.
- For an online report, use the ‘Report’ reference type and enter the URL of the report in the URL field.
- For a thesis which is available online, use the ‘Thesis’ reference type. Enter the URL in the URL field, if the thesis is freely available. If the thesis is only available via a subscription database, enter the name of the database in the Name of Database field.
- Use the ‘Web page’ reference type for other online sources. Enter the URL in the URL field. Enter data in the Last Update Date field, if available. If appropriate, enter data in the Type of Medium field, e.g. Video file, Press release, PowerPoint slides, Audio file, Abstract.
based on content from:
University of Queensland (2008, October 27). EndNote: APA Style and Electronic References. Retrieved from http://www.library.uq.edu.au/faqs/endnote/apa_electronic_references.html
