The documentation style for both MLA and APA styles follow.
Citing Web Sources—MLA Documentation Style
The standard MLA format is:
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(when available) |
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(most recent update when
available) (if applicable) (when you located it) (set in angle brackets) |
| Author/s. (when known) "Title." (uppercase) Website Name. Date. (of posting or most recent update) Publisher. (or host) Date of access. <URL>. | |
Examples:
"MLA Style: How Do I Document Sources form the World Wide Web in My Works Cited List" Modern Language Association. 17 October 2000. Modern Language Association. 9 June 2001. <http://www.mla.org>
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center. "Citing Electronic Sources." Writer's Handbook: Documentation-MLA Style. 25 Jan. 2001. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 22 Apr. 2001 <http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/elecmla.html>
In the first example, the citation begins with the title since there are
no personal authors and the "corporate" author is also the name
of the website and the "publisher." The URL is the same for all
pages at this Web site, since the site was built with "frames,"
an authoring technique that constrains all pages to a single frameset.
In the second example, the citation begins with the corporate author. The
URL is specific to the page accessed.
The complete and official guidelines are available in the fifth edition of
the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (1999) and in the second
edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (1998)
Parenthetical Reference—MLA Documentation Style
A "parenthetical" reference or "in-text"
citation is a formal acknowledgment of an information source that contributed
to your work. This reference is placed within parenthesis ( ) and should point
to a full citation in your Works Cited list.
Since many Web documents do not identify an author, the formal citation (in
the Works Cited list) will begin with the page title. The in-text reference
will use the first word of the title in quotation marks (" ").
Citing Web Sources—APA
Documentation Style
Since Web documents generally lack any kind of numbered pagination, page numbers
are omitted from parenthetical references. (The page numbers of a printout
are not the same and should not be cited because the pagination may
vary in different printouts.)
Examples: ("MLA") or ("University")
The standard APA format is:
Author/s. (when known) Date. (of posting or most recent update) Title. (upper/ lowercase and italics) Retrieved (date) from the World Wide Web: URL.
Examples:
American Psychological Association. (2001, January 10). Electronic reference formats recommended by the American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 9, 2001, from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center. (1998, January 25). "Citing Electronic Sources." Writer's Handbook: Documentation-APA Style. Retrieved June 9, 2001, from the World Wide Web: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/elecapa.html
In the above examples, the citation begins with the "corporate" author. The author is also the "publisher." The URL is specific to the cited reference.
The complete and official guidelines are available in the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001).
Parenthetical Reference—APA Documentation Style
A "parenthetical" reference or "in-text"
citation is a formal acknowledgment of an information source that contributed
to your work. This reference is placed within parenthesis ( ) and should point
to a full citation in your Works Cited list.
Since many Web documents do not identify an author, the formal citation (in
the Works Cited list) will begin with the page title. The in-text reference
will use the first word of the title in quotation marks (" ") and
include the year.
Since Web documents generally lack any kind of numbered pagination, page numbers
are omitted from parenthetical references. (The page numbers of a printout
are not the same and should not be cited because the pagination may
vary in different printouts.)
Examples: ("American," 2001) or ("University,"
1998)
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