APA Style – Google Map
Citation Elements in order:
Document Example:
1 Cartographer/Author: Google Maps
2 Copyright date: 2010
3 Title of Map: Trinity College
4 Map type: Street map
5 URL: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+Summit+St,+Hartford,
+CT+06106+(trinity+college)&sll=41.746566,-72.688723&sspn=0.017963,0.038581&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear
=300+Summit+St,+Hartford,+Connecticut+06106&ll=41.747334,-72.688916&spn=0.008981,0.01929&z=16
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Proper Bibliographic Reference Format:
Bibliographic references are single-spaced and indented after the first line. For untitled works, put a
descriptive title in brackets. Below, the name Google Maps is used to represent the map’s corporate author,
rather than as the name of a Web site (which it also is).
Google Maps. (2010). [Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut] [Street map]. Retrieved from
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+Summit+
St,+Hartford,+CT+06106+(trinity+college)&sll=41.746566,-72.688723&sspn=0.017963,
0.038581&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=300+Summit+St,+Hartford,+Connecticut+06106&ll=41.747334,72.688916&spn=0.008981,0.01929&z=16
Parenthetical Citations in Text:
Citations are placed in the context of discussion and are formatted like so, using the author’s last name and
the year of publication:
(Google Maps, 2010)
Alternatively, you can integrate the citation into the sentence by means of narrative, like so:
Google Maps (2010) represents the location of the Hartford Middle Magnet School in relationship to Trinity
College’s campus.
TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY – Hartford, Connecticut