I don't believe the APA has chimed in on any of those questions and probably a recent dictionary (APA suggests Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary) would be best for such questions. For example, it may have been AP (Associated Press) who recently mandated that e-mail should now be spelled email.
As to your specific terms, looking at a dictionary Web site indicates that "Website" can be one word but it seems the two word arrangement is still preferred. Web page is two words. I believe "Web" modifying page or site is upper case and if you talk about the Web, as a proper noun, it would be capitalized. Certainly the World Wide Web is capitalized (does anyone still call it that?). I got most of this info from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/website. Also, I just violated one of APA's rules which is not to put a period after a Web site name (probably because of what it can do to a hyperlink). In fact, they instruct authors to revise a sentence so that the URL doesn't end the sentence. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3519 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (479) 524-7295 http://bit.ly/DrFroman From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 3:04 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] APA style question APA style mavens: What is the current APA preference for references to the web, web pages, websites, etc? One word or two? Capitalization of web (Web): yes or no? I found a page on the APA site that was not internally consistent on these matters (I am shocked; SHOCKED!) . . . so, moot point? Do whatever I like? The APA manual appears to be silent on the matter of web content. I've been working with my staff to embark on a massive migration of the CUTLA web site (Web site?) to CMS management later this summer. We are developing a style manual for the site to guide the rebuild. I'd like the manual to be consistent with APA style. Thanks in advance! Anybody with suggestions on making a site user-friendly for navigation is welcome to chime in on these matters, too! Claudia _____________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=24864 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-24864-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-24864-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24866 or send a blank email to leave-24866-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
