How to Cite Web Pages
Note that there is a lot of junk on the web, so
unless you are using a source recommended by us (not including sites
linked by pages recommended by us) talk to one of us before using any web
page in your papers – the same goes for books.
Here's a standard way to cite web based material – note that it provides
clear information to the reader about who the piece is credited to, how to
find the piece, and (since the web is constantly changing) when it was created
and read. Any way of citing that clearly provides the same information is
acceptable – any way that does not isn't.
- 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.
For example:
Burka, Lauren P. "A Hypertext History of Multi-User Dimensions."
MUD History. 1993. http://www.utopia.com/talent/lpb/muddex/essay
(2 Aug. 1996).
(Source: J.RWalker and T.Taylor,
May 15,
2002, "Basic
CGOS Style". http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html (2/10/02).)
- Note that the needed information does not always appear in the web
page – you may need to access the 'Page Information' – sadly Internet Explorer
does not seem to give you access to this information, so you will need to
use (e.g.) Netscape, which does (under the pull -down menu 'View' select 'Page
Info'.
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