Citing Internet Resources


WORLD WIDE WEB
Structure:
Author or originator. Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL http://address/filename.

Example:
U.S. Census Bureau. "American FactFinder: Facts About My Community." [Online] 30 November 1999. http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.HomePage.

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] 30 November 1999. 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. "Lets See Those New Teeth," San Diego Zoo Baby Panda Exhibit. [Online video clip] 29 November 1999. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/special/pandas/pandacam/index.html.

EMAIL
Structure:
Sender of email message <sender's email address>. Subject line of the message. Date of message (day, month, year). Email recipient <recipient's email address>.

Example:
The Shakespearean Homework Helper <liadona2@aol.com>. "Where is Duke Orsino's palace?" 29 November 1999. Borror, Christine student5@yourschool.com.

 

Prepared by Maggie Whittington,
DTRT, Fayette County Schools
maggie.whittington@fayette.kyschools.us

Taken from:
Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher: Connected Newsletter. "Citing Internet Sources." [Online]. <http://www.connectedteacher.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp>.