Here is a guide to how to properly cite online research materials:
An Article in an Online Scholarly Journal
Example:
Wheelis, Mark. “Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.6 (2000): 33 pars. 8 May 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no6/wheelis.htm>.
Online scholarly journals must include:
- Author
- Article title
- Journal name
- Volume and issue information when available
- Paragraph or page numbers when available
- Date of Access
- URL of the article
Source:
Stolley, Karl. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University Writing Lab. 12 May 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/>.
Citing an Entire Web Site
Example:
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. 26 Aug. 2005. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue University. 11 Sept. 2007. http://owl.english.purdue.edu.
Basic Format Includes:
- Name of Site
- Date of Posting
- Name of Institution/Organization Affiliated with the Site (Sometime in Copyright Info.)
- Date You Accessed the Site
- URL of the Site
Source:
Stolley, Karl. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University Writing Lab. 12 May 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/>.
Page on a Web Site
Examples:
“Caret.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 28 April 2006. 10 May 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret>.
“How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow.com. 10 May 2006 <http://www.ehow.com/ how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html>.
Stolley, Karl. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University Writing Lab. 12 May 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/>.
- Cite as you would the entire website
Include URL of the exact page you are referring to:
Author when available
An Image or Photograph
Example (taken from Webshots.com, and online photosharing site. “brandychloe” is a username):
brandychloe. Great Horned Owl Family. 22 May 2006 <http://image46.webshots.com/
47/7/17/41/347171741bgVWdN_fs.jpg>.
For online images, cite as you would any other Web page, but make sure you’re crediting the original creator of the image. The above example links directly to the image; but we could also provide the user’s profile URL, and give the path for reaching the image, e.g.
brandychloe. Great Horned Owl Family. 22 May 2006 <http://community.webshots.com/user/brandychloe>. Path: Albums; birds; great horned owl family.
Doing so helps others verify information about the images creator, where as linking directly to an image file, like a JPEG (.jpg) may make verification difficult or impossible.
Source:
Stolley, Karl. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University Writing Lab. 11 Sept 2007 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/>.