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Citing Online Resources

Aim for consistency and strive to make the citation similar in style to the style manual you are using.

 By citing sources, you avoid plagiarism.

• From the OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue Avoiding Plagiarism

• From  Indiana University: Plagiarism: what it is and how avoid it

General Guides - (cover many different style formats)

• Academic Integrity and Plagiarism - from the University of Maryland Libraries. MLA, APA, Chicago.
• Research and Documentation Online. By Diane Hacker. Divided by humanities, social sciences, history and science. Connections for web site guides to research in the major areas; also how to document sources, with examples, information notes, sample pages, list of print style manuals.
• Documentation Guidelines - From Duke University, a very comprehensive  and clearly written guide covering all kinds of examples from print to electronic sources, including citing full-text articles from databases. Gives examples from the four most popular style manuals: Turabian (6th ed.), Chicago Manual of Style (14th ed.), 5th edition of the MLA Handbook, and the 5th edition of the APA style manual.
• Guide to Citing Electronic Information - Based on Li and Crane's Electronic Style: a guide for citing electronic information. 
• Online! Citation Styles - Andrew Harnack & Eugene Kleppinger, based on their book by the same title (listed below). APA, MLA, CBE, Chicago and other formats.  
• Columbia Guide to Online Style -2nd edition
  The top site for an online style manual for electronic sources. Numerous examples with detailed explanations. Humanities and scientific styles with examples from WWW sites, email, newsgroups, online databases, FTP and more. Detailed help with many examples included.

Specialty Guides

• Comic Art in Scholarly Writing: a citation guide - how to cite comic books, comic strips, and editorial cartoons.
• Citing Electronic Information in History Papers is an extremely long, comprehensive site with large amounts of textual background. Good bibliography. There is a hard copy of this scholarly site on reserve in the Library.
• Uncle Sam-Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications. - A well organized site by the Government Publications Department of the Regional Depository Library at the University of Memphis. Patterned after Garner and Smith’s Complete Guide to Citing Government Documents listed below.
• Subject Specific Citation Links - from the University of Arizona. Links to online style formats and citation guides for subjects such as medicine, legal writing, science, etc.

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APA Format 

 All sites below reflect changes included in the 5th edition of the APA Manual

• How to Cite Information from the Internet and World Wide Web - From APA's site. 
• Writer's Handbook - APA documentation style. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center. 
• Online Writing Lab - from Purdue University. Lots of examples for writing as well as APA citations.
• Guidelines for Writing in APA Style - From Southern Mississippi University, recently updated. Also lots of examples for print resources. Good outline for formatting papers and general guidance as well.
• A Guide for Writing Research Papers - Based on styles recommended by the American Psychological Association. From Capital Community College (Hartford, CT). Also examples for print resources, government, newspapers, etc. Newly revised.

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MLA Format

• MLA Style. Modern Language Association. These guidelines on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America. A list of "frequently asked questions".
• A Guide for Writing Research Papers (MLA) - Also general information on formatting papers, plagiarism, working with quotations, more.
• Writers' Workshop - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Extensive and organized samples of MLA style in a simple to use format for all types of print and online resources.
• Online Writing Lab - examples from print and various electronic formats. Guidelines for preparing your paper, spacing, typing, using quotations, etc. Purdue Online Writing Lab.
• How to Cite Electronic Information Resources - MLA style; from Santa Rosa Junior College.

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Turabian Format

• Turabian Citation Style - from the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University.
• Turabian Style: sample footnotes and bibliographic entries - from Bridgewater State College.
• Turabian Samples for a Bibliography - from Ithaca College (NY)
• Turabian and Chicago Style Guide - PDF format guide from Univ. California Berkeley
• Guidelines for Citing Electronic Resources in a Bibliography - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Very complete 12-page guide from Bucknell University (PA).

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