General Tips
Citing websites and online resources:
- For any URLs, remove http:// or https:// from the beginning.
- If the website name is the same as the publisher, leave out the publisher.
Examples
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General Format for Web Sites Author(s). “Title of the Page or Title of the Article on the page.” Title of the Web Site, Publisher or Sponsor, Date of publication, url. |
Examples
Web site
Strong, Michael. “Forget the World Bank, Try Wal-Mart.” TCS Daily, 22 Aug. 2006,
www.ideasinactiontv.com/tcs_daily/2006/08/forget-the-world-bank-try-wal-mart.html.
- Include the website url, but omit http:// or https://.
Website with no author
“Parenting Corner Q&A: Immunizations.” American Academy of Pediatrics, Feb. 2009.
www.aap.org/en-us/about-the- aap/aap-press-room/pages/american-academy-of-pediatrics-urges-parents-to-
vaccinate-children-to-protect-against-measles.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-
000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR:+No+local+token.
- If the website name and the website publisher are the same, omit the publisher.
Website with no publication date
Mazer, Cary M. "Bernard Shaw: A Brief Biography." Dept. of English, U of Pennsylvania,
www.english.upenn.edu/~cmazer/mis1.html. Accessed 21 June 2016.
- If the website content has no clear date, or the content is subject to editing, provide the date you accessed the site.
Online newspaper article
Schiesel, Seth. "Critic's Notebook: Nintendo’s Coming Game System, Wii U." New
York Times, 07 June 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/arts/video-games/nintendos-coming-game-
system-wii-u.html?_r=0.
Online book
Krensky, Beth, and Seana Lowe Steffen. Engaging Classrooms and Communities through
Art: A Guide to Designing and Implementing Community-based Art Education.
Altamira, 2009. Google Books,
https://books.google.com/books/about/Engaging_Classrooms_and_Communities_Thro.html?id=RSrI16DI_RcC.
Video from a library database
​Raqib, Jamila. “The Secret to Effective Nonviolent Resistance.” TED, Nov. 2015,
www.ted.com/talks/jamila_
Blog entry
Nielson, Lisa. "Parents Don’t Look the Other Way." The Innovative Educator, 27 May 2012,
theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2012/05/parents-dont-look-other-way.html.
Tweet
Sohaib Athar [@ReallyVirtual]. “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” Twitter,
1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m., twitter.com/reallyvirtual/status/64780730286358528?lang=en.
- Use the entire Tweet as the title.