Citing on-line references

September 12, 2008

How to cite (source) on-line references

EMAIL Structure: Sender of email message . Subject line of the message. Date of message (day, month, year). Email recipient .
eg. Meredith, Paige . "RE: Museums in Paris." 17 August 2001. Christine Borror .

Try one: _______________________________________________________________________
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WORLD WIDE WEB Structure: Author or originator. Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL .
eg. Example: Classroom Connection. "How to cite resources." [Online] 11 September, 2008. http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml


Try one: _______________________________________________________________________
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REMEMBER: IF YOU DID NOT CREATE IT, YOU ARE TAKING CREDIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK. Always give credit to your source. Print (writing), images, video and / or sound.


Other examples:
ONLINE IMAGES Structure: Author or originator. Description or title of image. [Online image] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL http://address/filename.

Example: USGS. "Map: Major Volcanoes in Ecuador." [Online image] 17 August 2001. <http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Ecuador/Maps/map_ecuador_volcanoes.html>


ONLINE SOUNDS Structure: Author or originator. Description or title of sound. [Online sound] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL http://address/filename.

Example: Jussi Bjorling Home Page. "Di quella pira," aria from Il Travatore, by Guiseppe Verdi. [Online sound] 30 November 1999. <http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/3468/bjorling.htm>.


ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS Structure: Author or originator. Description or title of video clip. [Online video clip] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL http://address/filename.

Example: Zoological Society of San Diego. "Indian Rhino Calf Born at Park," e-zoo videos, San Diego Zoo. [Online video clip] 17 August 2001. <http://www.sandiegozoo.com/virtualzoo/videos/index.html>.

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