Format your citation in the following manner if you are citing a page on the site and adhering to MLA guidelines:
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Page." Name of the website in italics or underlined. Day Month Year of Publication or Last Modification. Medium of Publication. Day month Year of Access. <URL>.
Steve Mount is the author of all pages on this website other than historical documents. Also note that MLA style no longer requires the use of URLs, but you may include the URL at the end of your citation if you wish.
To cite a page within the text according to MLA style, simply use the last name of the author. For example:
(Mount)
Format your citation in the following manner if you are citing a page on the site and adhering to APA guidelines:
Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication or Last Modification). Title of page. Retrieved from <URL>.
According to APA style, you should capitalize only the first letter of the title of a web page or document. Also capitalize any proper nouns that appear within the title.
To cite a page within the text according to APA style, use the last name of the author and the year of last modification. For example:
(Mount, 2011)
Format in-text citations in the following manner if you are citing the constitution itself. Use the long form for your first citation.
To cite an article: ("The Constitution of the United States," Article 5, Section 2, Clause 1)
To cite an amendment: ("The Constitution of the United States," Amendment 1)
After your first citation, you may use the short form for all subsequent citations. Note that the symbol "§" stands for "section."
Short form for citing an article: (U.S. Const. art. 5, § 2, cl. 1)
Short form for citing an amendment: (U.S. Const. am. 1)
Because the constitution is widely available and always printed in the same manner, it is not necessary to include it in your reference list.