What is a digital file in citation?
William Brown
Published Jun 19, 2026
What is a digital file in citation?
Digital file. An online source. Redirecting you to the appropriate form cancel. Title of file.
How do you cite a digital source?
Include information in the following order:
- author (the person or organisation responsible for the site)
- year (date created or last updated)
- page title (in italics)
- name of sponsor of site (if available)
- accessed day month year (the day you viewed the site)
- URL or Internet address (pointed brackets).
How do you cite digital data?
A typical data citation generally consists of seven elements:
- Author.
- Publication year.
- Title of the data.
- Version ID [see FSP Versioning Guidance for more information]
- Publisher.
- Digital Object Identifier [see Publish/Share > Digital Object Identifiers for more information]
- Access date and time.
How do you cite a digital source in APA?
How do I cite electronic resources using APA style?
- author or authoring body name(s)
- date (published or last updated)
- title.
- format description (where necessary, identify that you accessed the source in an electronic format, between square brackets [ ])
How do you cite in a PowerPoint?
To reference a PowerPoint presentation in APA Style, include the name of the author (whoever presented the PowerPoint), the date it was presented, the title (italicized), “PowerPoint slides” in square brackets, the name of the department and university, and the URL where the PowerPoint can be found.
Do you need to cite in PowerPoint?
When creating a PowerPoint you’ll need to cite your sources both in the text of your presentation, as well as on a references slide at the end. Every time you quote, paraphrase or use an image from a source in your presentation, you’ll need an in-text citation on your slide.
