APA Format for Expired URLs

[Paula Whitaker]

I have a book that I wrote in which I referred to several URLs as
references. I am updating my book and have realized that several of
the URLs are no longer valid. How do I reference these broken/dead
links in my bibiography? I still need to give credit to the source or
should I take the reference out all together?

If I have posted on the wrong group, can someone please direct me to
the correct group?

TIA,
Paula
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You may get some interesting opinions here, but I doubt that you'll
necessarily get authoritative advice. You might check the latest edition of
a style manual such as The Chicago Manual of Style to see if it has any
suggestions to offer, but I suspect that you'll find that this is such a new
area of documentation that anything you come up with that clearly
communicates the state of affairs will do. I would cite the URL just as you
would if it were still valid, but with a notation in parentheses that the
page is no longer available.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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[PhD_Candidate]

Interesting opinions, indeed - like "check the Chicago
Style Manual." (Trying not roll eyes here.)

Just a wild guess, but you might want to go with APA
format - you can download a free copy of their formatting
software (which conforms to version 5.0 of their style
guide) at www.apastyle.org. Also on that site is a for-
pay (around $15) .PDF download of how to cite URLs.