How to cite a Learning Center glossary entry in APA (for a 54-year-old learner)

Clear, step-by-step guidance (APA 7th) for writing a parenthetical (in-text) citation and a reference list entry for the Learning Center Educational glossary entry "Understanding Scope and Sequence in Education" from learningcorner.org.

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Hello — here is a clear, step-by-step explanation of how to cite that glossary definition in APA (7th ed.), with examples you can copy.

  1. Identify the citation elements on the web page:
    • Author (often an organization). Example candidate: Learning Corner or Learning Center.
    • Publication date (Year, or Year, Month Day). If none shown, use n.d. (no date).
    • Title of the page or glossary entry: "Understanding Scope and Sequence in Education."
    • Website name (if different from the author) and the full URL you used (you gave https://learningcorner.org).
  2. How to write the parenthetical (in-text) citation

    Use one of these formats depending on what you found on the page:

    • If the organization is the author (recommended when a site clearly shows an organization name):

      (Learning Corner, 2023) — replace 2023 with the year shown on the page. If there is no date, use (Learning Corner, n.d.).

    • If there is no author shown, use a shortened title of the page in quotation marks and the year:

      ("Understanding Scope and Sequence in Education," 2023) or ("Understanding Scope and Sequence in Education," n.d.).

    • For a direct quotation from the page, add a paragraph number or section: (Learning Corner, n.d., para. 2) or ("Understanding Scope and Sequence in Education," n.d., para. 2).
  3. How to write the reference-list entry (works cited)

    Follow this general APA web page format:

    Author or Organization. (Year, Month Day). Title of page. Website name. URL

    If there is no author, begin with the title. If the author and website name are the same, omit the website name to avoid repetition.

    Two concrete examples you can adapt to your page’s actual author/date:

    A. If the organization is the author and there is no separate site name shown:

    Learning Corner. (n.d.). Understanding Scope and Sequence in Education. https://learningcorner.org/

    B. If there is no author shown on the page (start with the title):

    Understanding Scope and Sequence in Education. (n.d.). Learning Corner. https://learningcorner.org/

    Notes:

    • Replace n.d. with the actual date if the page shows one, for example: (2021, June 10).
    • If the page’s full URL includes a subpage (for example /glossary/understanding-scope-and-sequence), use the full URL to that page rather than the site root.
    • You generally do not need a retrieval date unless the content is designed to change frequently (wikis, frequently updated glossaries). If you think the glossary will change, you may add "Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL" before the URL.

Quick checklist before you finish: confirm the page’s author (organization) and date. Then pick the matching example above and paste it into your reference list. Use the corresponding parenthetical citation (organization/year or shortened title/year) in the text where you refer to the definition.

If you want, paste the exact header area of the glossary page (author name and date as they appear) and I will give you a ready-to-copy parenthetical citation and reference-list line customized to that exact information.

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