Citing Internet Resources
Just as
you will need to cite the books and periodicals that you use to support your
research, you must also cite online sources of information. This list includes
new information specifying how to cite graphics, sounds, and video clips you may
retrieve for use in projects in this class.
Structure:
Author or originator (last name, first name or name of
organization). Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month,
year). URL <http://address/filename>.
Example:
U.S.
Census Bureau. "American FactFinder: Facts About My Community." [Online]
17 August
2001.
<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet>.
Structure:
Author or originator. Description or title of image. [Online
image] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL
<http://address/filename>.
Example:
USGS. "Map: Major Volcanoes in Ecuador." [Online image]
17 August
2001.
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Ecuador/Maps/map_ecuador_volcanoes.html>.
Structure:
Author or originator. Description or title of sound. [Online
sound] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL
<http://address/filename>.
Example:
Jussi Bjorling Home Page. "Di quella pira," aria from Il Travatore, by
Guiseppe Verdi. [Online sound] 30 November 1999.
<http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/3468/bjorling.htm>.
Structure:
Author or originator. Description or title of video clip.
[Online video clip] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL
<http://address/filename>.
Example:
Zoological Society of
San Diego.
"Indian Rhino Calf Born at Park," e-zoo videos, San Diego Zoo. [Online video
clip]
17 August 2001.
<http://www.sandiegozoo.com/virtualzoo/videos/index.html>.
Structure:
Sender of email message <sender's email address>. Subject
line of the message. Date of message (day, month, year). Email recipient
<recipient's email address>.
Example:
Meredith, Paige <pmeredith@classroom.com>. "RE: Museums in Paris."
17 August
2001.
Christine Borror <chrissyborror@yahoo.com>.
CITATION SOURCES
American
Psychological Association. "APA Style of Citation: Electronic Sources". [Online]
16 August 2001.
<http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html>
Gibaldi, Joseph.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: Modern
Language Association, 1999.
<http://www.mla.org>
McCullen, Carolyn.
"The Electronic Thread," Middle Ground Oct. 1999: 7-9 and 52.
<http://www.nmsa.org>.
