Frazar Memorial Library: Citation Style Guides: Websites

General Form

Include as much of the following as possible.

Bibliography:

Author. "Title of webpage." Owner of the website.

URL (Date accessed).

Endnote/ footnote:

Author, "Title of webpage," Owner of the website,

URL (Date accessed).

Examples

Webpage Sec. 17.7.1:

Bibliography:

Avalon Project at Yale Law School. "Camp David

Accords, September 17, 1978," Lillian

Goldman Law Library. http://www.yale.edu/law

web/avalon/mideast/campdav.htm (accessed

May 20, 2008).

Endnote/ Footnote:

Avalon Project at Yale Law School, "Camp

David Accords, September 17, 1978," Lillian

Goldman Law Library. http://www.yale.edu/law

web/avalon/mideast/campdav.htm (accessed

May 20, 2008).

Essay in a library database Sec. 17.5.9:

The Chicago Manual of Style, Turabian, Rampolla, Ebscohost, and others all offer subtle differences on the correct way to cite this type of resource.

Usually, this type of source (non-scholarly) is NOT included in a bibliography, just the notes unless it is crucial to your thesis.

Cite as article from a database, or just the database if it is not peer-reviewd.

Bibliography:

"DATAMONITOR: Barnes & Noble Inc." Barnes &

Noble Inc. SWOT Analysis (September 2010): Business Source Complete. http://www.

1-15. Business Source Complete, http://www. OR ebscohost.com/

ebscohost.com (accessed January 8, 2011). [Only use this format if you have endnotes/ footnotes.]

Endnote/ Footnote:

"DATAMONITOR: Barnes & Noble Inc.," Barnes

& Noble Inc. SWOT Analysis (September 2010): 10,

Business Source Complete, http://www.ebschohost.

com (accessed January 8, 20110).

E-Book Sec. 17.1.10:

Bibliography:

Brasseau, Carl. Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People,

1803-1977. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1992.

www.Netlibrary.com (accessed June 25, 2008).

Samora, Julian, and Patricia Vandel Simon. A History of the

Mexican-American People. Rev. ed. (East Lancing, MI:

Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University,

2000). http://www.jsri.msu.edu/museum/pubs/MexAmHist/

chapter14.html#six (accessed December 18, 2005).

Endnotes/ Footnotes:

Carl Brasseau, Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a

People, 1803-1877 (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi,

1992. www.Netlibrary.com (accessed June 25, 2008).

Julian Samora and Patricia Vandel Simon. A History of

the Mexican-American People. Rev. ed. (East Lancing, MI:

Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University,

2000), under "Civil War in Mexico," http://www.jsri.msu.edu/

museum/pubs/MexAmHist/chapter14.html#six (accessed

December 18, 2005).

Multimedia Sec. 17.8.6:

The format is similar to other entries except for 2 ways. In both bibliography and endnotes/ footnotes, you will cite the medium such as MP3 or DVD. Also, in the endnotes/ footnotes, you will also include the time at which cited material appears in the file.

Bibliography:

BBC. "Blair Announces New Africa Panel." BBC News Website.

Windows Media Player video file. 3:43, http://news.bbc.co.

uk/nolavconsole/ifs_news/hi/newsid_5110000/newsit_5119

200/nb_wm_511962.stm (accessed June 27, 2006).

Endnote/ Footnote:

BBC, "Blair Announces New Africa Panel." BBC News Website.

Windows Media Player video file. 3:43, http://news.bbc.co.uk/nola

vconsole/ifs_news/hi/newsid_5110000/newsit_5119200/nb_wm_5

11962.stm (accessed June 27, 2006).

News article - online Sec 17.4:

In most cases, only cite news articles in endnotes/ footnotes.

Bibliography:

Baker, Peter and Jeffrey Zeleny. "Obama Hails Judge as

Inspiring." New York Times, May 26, 2009. http://www.

nytimes.com (accessed July 20, 2009).

Endnote/ Footnote:

Peter Barker and Jeffrey Zeleny, "Obama Hails Judge

as Inspiring," New York Times, May 26, 2009, http://www.

nytimes.com (accessed July 20, 2009).

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