Collect the required information. Regardless of the format required for your project, you are going to need much of the same basic information regarding the website you're using. This information includes the site name, the article name, any issues or volumes it might have been published in print, the author's name, the date the article was written and the website URL address.
Determine the format required. The proper format for your dissertation will depend on the field of study, the educational institution and even the preferences of your mentor or professor. Each format will require that the reference information be presented in a different way. Some of the most common format styles include MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, Turabian and, increasingly, MHRA.
Organize your data accordingly within the bibliographic entry.
Purdue's OWL writing lab provides quick access to formatting according to MLA and APA guidelines. Essentially, MLA listings start with the author name followed by the title of the article, any translator or editor names, the name of the website, any volume or issue numbers, the word "Web" to indicate the media type, the owner or operator of the website and the date of publication. The listing ends with the date the site was accessed unless you are including the address, which is listed in angle brackets after everything else. APA style is very similar except the date of publication is placed inside of parentheses after the author, the word "Web" is not included and the website address is prefaced with the term "retrieved from".
Each of the other reference styles are essentially variations on these two styles. Ohio State provides a succinct guide to using Turabian/Chicago style. The University of Exeter offers a free downloadable style guide for the Harvard system, and the Modern Humanities Research Association also publishes its style guide online.