Citing Online Sources
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information on how to cite online sources -- including pages on this site --
you'll need to first check which style guide you're required to use. The
resources below will help in figuring out a citation in
the most commonly-used style guides.
How to cite a
page on this site
You'll need
the following information -- the actual format and sequence will depend on
which style guide you're using:
- Author: unless otherwise noted on a page, articles are written by Jone Johnson Lewis. (For my credentials, see my biography.)
- Page Title: each page has its own title. Either use the headline on the page, or the title that appears in your browser window.
- Site title: "About Women's History"
- Page URL: you'll need to note that from the particular page you're citing.
- Date: I don't date articles
on this site, and update many often. The correct way to cite a date, in such a
case, is to use the date you viewed the page.
- Example:
Jone Johnson Lewis. "About Elizabeth Cady Stanton." About Women's History. URL: http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blstanton.htm Date: [today]
Citing Online Sources |
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Citing Electronic Texts: From the Writing Center at Western Illinois University, some very helpful resources on how to properly cite resources found on the Web. |
Citing Electronic Information in History Papers: Primarily based on the Turabian and University of Chicago style manuals, this online guide includes recommendations for citing electronic resources along with rationales for the recommendations. |
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MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources: Columbia University Press documents the proper way to cite resources found online, whether within the text (footnotes, etc.) or in bibliographies. |
Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources: From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab - includes information on citing sources in various academic disciplines. |
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Quotations: From the University of Toronto, a quick guide to the basics of quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing -- and identifying sources. |
Citation Styles: This summary includes MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE and other styles for citing online content. |
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Suggested
Citation Styles: U.S. Census Bureau: If you're citing census information from the U.S. Census Bureau, here are guidelines for footnotes and bibliographies. |
Chicago
Manual of Style: An extensive "frequently asked questions" summary of the Manual's recommendations. See such topics as URLs which are specific to online sources. |
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Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet: Essay from Eastern Kentucky University on citation style with examples, mostly using MLA standards. |
Citing Electronic Sources: From the Library of Congress, this guide includes MLA and Turabian examples for such government resources online as photographs, legal documents, maps, photographs and texts. |
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Ten Templates: Part of a larger section on documenting your sources and writing in general, this page shows some examples of how to cite a source. |
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