In text citations are an important part of academic writing. They allow you to give credit to the sources you have used in your research and to provide your readers with the necessary information to locate those sources. In the American Sociological Association (ASA) style, in text citations for a website follow a specific format.
To properly cite a website in ASA style, you should include the author's name, the title of the webpage or document, the date of publication (if available), and the URL. If the author's name is not available, you can use the organization or company name as the author.
For example, if you are citing a webpage from the American Sociological Association's website, you would write:
(American Sociological Association [ASA], n.d.)
If the webpage has a specific title, you would include it after the author's name:
(American Sociological Association [ASA], "ASA Style Guide," n.d.)
If the webpage has a specific publication date, you would include it after the title:
(American Sociological Association [ASA], "ASA Style Guide," 2021)
You can also include a specific URL if you want your readers to be able to easily access the webpage:
(American Sociological Association [ASA], "ASA Style Guide," 2021, https://www.asanet.org/asa-style-guide)
It is important to note that in ASA style, the in text citation should always come before the period at the end of the sentence.
In text citations are an important part of academic writing as they allow you to give credit to the sources you have used and provide your readers with the necessary information to locate those sources. In ASA style, in text citations for a website should include the author's name, the title of the webpage or document, the date of publication (if available), and the URL. Properly citing your sources not only helps to give credit to the original authors, but it also helps to strengthen the credibility of your own work.
