Citing Information

There isn't any uniform agreement on all of the details of a citation for information found on the Web or the Internet.

 

 

Most suggestions for the form of a citation include the name of the author, the title of the work, the date the information was last revised, the date the information was accessed, and the URL. The date the information was accessed is included because it’s relatively easy to modify information on the Web, and the information available through a URL sometime in the future may not be the same as when it was accessed for the research.

 

MLA and APA Style Guidelines

"MLA Style."  The only guidelines on MLA documentation Style authorized by the MLA.

"Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association." Published by APA.

Here is an example of a citation style:

Web page
 

name of author(s) -if known title of the work - in quotes, if known title of the Web page - in italics, if applicable date of last revision URL Date accessed

Example:  Ackermann, Ernest. "Writing Your Own Web Pages." Creating Web Pages.  23 Oct. 1996. http://people.umw.edu/~ernie/writeweb/writeweb.html  10 Feb. 1997.

For more information and guidance on citation styles take a look at

• Online! - a companion to the book "Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources" by Harnack and Kleppinger
• Citing Web and Internet Resources