How to Properly Cite a Webpage

When writing a research paper, it is important to always include a bibliography or "works cited" page at the end of your paper. The bibliography allows you to give credit to the sources you used to create a factual paper. Not only is it important to include your sources, it is necessary you do so in the correct format. The most popular formats for citation are MLA, or Modern Language Association, and APA, or American Psychological Association documentation styles.

Instructions

  1. MLA Web Page Citation Format

    • 1

      List the author or web page creator's name. The author's name should be listed last name first, first name second, and followed by a period.

      For example: Smith, John. If no author is listed, begin your citation with the webpage name.

    • 2

      Enter the name of the webpage. The name of the page should be underlined and followed by a period.

    • 3

      Give the date the webpage was published, or revised, followed by a period: Then include where and when you accessed the information, also followed by a period.

      Now your source will look like this: Smith, John. Web Page Name. 01 Jan. 2006. Florida State University Library. 04 April 2011.

    • 4

      Enter the entire URL, beginning with http, gopher, ftp, or telenet, and include all file paths. Enclose the URL in angled brackets.

      The source will now appear as such: Smith, John. Web Page Name. 01 Jan. 2006. Florida State University Library. 04 April 2011. <http://www.webpagename.com/moreinformation.html>.

    • 5

      Include page, paragraph, or section numbers, if necessary. Follow this note with a period.

      Your final citation will read as follows: Smith, John. Web Page Name. 01 Jan. 2006. Florida State University Library. 04 April 2011. <http://www.webpagename.com/moreinformation.html>. Section 4.

    APA Web Page Citation Format

    • 6

      State the author's name by listing the last name followed by the author's first name and middle initial, followed by a period. The beginning of your citation should look like this: Smith, J.R.

    • 7

      Enter the year of publication in parentheses, and followed by a period, like so: Smith, J.R. (2006, January 1). If no date is evident, enter "n.d." for "no date" in the parentheses.

    • 8

      List the name of the web page in italics, capitalizing only the first word of the title and any proper names. Close the line with a period.

    • 9

      Note when you accessed the information followed by a comma, and the full URL address, including http, gopher, ftp, or telenet.

      Your final citation will read: Smith, J.R. (2006, January 1). Web page name. Retrieved April 4, 2011, from http://www.webpagename.com/moreinformation.html

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