Document from an organization or a university Web site

Reference list entry

Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J. (1997). Evolutionary psychology: A primer. Retrieved from University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Evolutionary Psychology website: http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/primer.html

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  • Italicize the title of the document.

  • Give the publication date (or “n.d.” if there is no date).

  • Provide a URL that will take readers directly to the document.

  • Name the organization or university program in your retrieval statement.

  • Use a retrieval date only if the source is likely to change.

Note on breaking URLs and DOIs

  • If you must break a URL or a DOI at the end of a line, break it after a double slash or before any other mark of punctuation.

  • Do not add a hyphen.

  • Do not put a period at the end of the entry.

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