A Reference List contains the full citation for the brief in--text citation for the the ideas, claims, and factual information you have presented in a paper.In contrast, a Bibliography provides works for background or further reading. The distinction between a Reference List and a Bibliography is made by the APA as well as NESA in the All My Own Work HSC pre-requisite course.
The APA doesn't specify. However, if the assignment is an online document it's useful to the reader to keep the hyperlinks. If the assignment is a paper, then remove the hyperlinks.
The author-date method is the College's preferred method for in-text referencing.
The College's Citemaker referencing tool automatically generates an in-text author-date reference making this a very easy way for you to show in the text the source of your ideas or information.
The APA's instructions on the use of group authors are:
"As with other abbreviations, provide the full name of the group on first mention in the text, followed by the abbreviation."
For example:
1. If the group name first appears in a narrative citation, include the abbreviation before the year in parentheses, separated with a comma. As shown in the example below:
The American Psychological Association (APA, 2017) provided information on overcoming opioid abuse.
2. If the group name first appears in a parenthetical citation, include the abbreviation in square brackets, followed by a comma and the year. As shown in the example below:
In the reference list entry, do not abbreviate the group author name. Instead, spell out the full name of the group as presented in the source. As shown below:
American Psychological Association. (2017, January 1). Understanding and overcoming opioid abuse. https://www.apa.org/topics/substance-use-abuse-addiction/opioid-abuse
Format author names according to how many authors the work has:
• One author: (Kim, 2023) or Kim (2023).
• Two authors: (Guirrez & Castillo, 2020) or Guirrez and Castillo (2020).
Use an ampersand in the parenthetical format; use “and” in the narrative format.
• Three or more authors: (Zheng et al., 2023) or Zheng et al. (2023).
These directions from the APA site where you can find a comprehensive guide to in-text referencing.
This video providing a comprehensive guide to APA referencing was produced by University of Sydney.
USyd's referencing guide is also helpful.