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Reference list entries

Chang, W.-Y., & Milan, L. M. (2012, October). Relationship between degree field and emigration. In International mobility and employment characteristics among recent recipients of U.S. doctorates. Retrieved from National Science Foundation website: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13300

Pew Research Center. (2012, December 12). About the 2012 Pew global attitudes survey. In Social networking popular across globe. Retrieved from http://www.pewglobal.org/2012/12/12/social-networking-popular-across-globe

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  • Begin the entry with the author of the short work. If there is no author, begin with the title.
  • Do not italicize the title of the short work.
  • Italicize the title of the website.
  • End with the URL that will take readers directly to the document.
  • If the publisher is known and is not named as the author, include the publisher in your retrieval statement.

Note that in an APA paper or an APA reference list entry, the word “website” is spelled all lowercase, as one word.

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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