CITING INTERNET SOURCES


 EVALUATING AN INTERNET SITE:
Before you use an Internet site in your research, you may want to follow some of these guidelines first. Click here to learn about evaluating an Internet resource.
 

CITATION MACHINE
Are you researching states, countries, or animals? Here is a great web site to help you cite your sources of information. Select bibliography information for books, magazines, newspapers, web sites and even interviews. 
 

MLA STYLE WEBSITE--an example of how to write an entry is shown below:
McEldowney, Philip. Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide. Dec. 1994. 2 Aug.1999
     <http://poe.acc.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/womFilm.html>.

(Note that the second line should actually be indented as well as any subsequent lines.)
 

MLA STYLE ENTRY FROM an ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA or DICTIONARY--an example of how to write an entry is shown below:
“Millennium.” Britannica Online. 15 Jan. 1998 <http://www.eb.com/>.
 

MORE ONLINE REFERENCE STYLES SUCH AS ONLINE MAGAZINES, E-MAILS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS:
Click Here.
 

HUMANTIES STYLE--an example of how to write an entry is shown below:
To cite files available on the WWW, give the author's name, last name first (if known); the full title of the work, in quotation marks; the title of the complete work (if applicable), in italics; any version or file numbers; and the date of the document or last revision (if available). Next, list the protocol (e.g., "http") and the full URL, followed by the date of access in parentheses.

Burka, Lauren P. "A Hypertext History of Multi-User Dimensions." MUD History. 1993. 
     http://www.utopia.com/talent/lpb/muddex/essay (2 Aug. 1996).
 

SCIENTIFIC STYLE--an example of how to write an entry is shown below:
Give the author's last name and initials (if known) and the date of publication in parentheses. Next, list the full title of the work, capitalizing only the first word and any proper nouns; the title of the complete work or site (if applicable) in italics, again capitalizing only the first word and any proper nouns; any version or file numbers, enclosed in parentheses; the protocol and address, including the path or directories necesssary to access the document; and finally the date accessed, enclosed in parentheses.

Burka, L. P. (1993). A hypertext history of multi-user dimensions. MUD history.
     http://www.utopia.com/talent/lpb/muddex/essay (2 Aug. 1996).
 

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