How to Make a Bibliography Page With Internet Sites

Finding and Citing the Author

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  Look for the author of the chosen article or post you are citing by checking to see if the post is accredited to anyone. Look at the top or below the title of the post for a byline.

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  Find the organization responsible for publishing the post or article if no author is credited. Read through the "About" and "Contact" pages. Credit the most narrowed down sector of the organization, such as a specific team or department.

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  Cite the author by using the full name or the first initial and the full second name. For example, Patrick Watson or P. Watson or Watson, P.

Citing Web Page Information

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  Cite the web page title by checking the URL and heading on the page. The web page title is not the name of the site, but the name of the specific page where the post or article has been published. For example the website may be GreatWriters.com, and the page where the information has been published may be on the Shakespeare page entitled: "Shakespeare - The Bard"; this is the title to cite.

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  Reference the website name by seeing what the actual website title is and writing it exactly as it is shown on the web page. The website title can be found in the header of the homepage.

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  Copy and paste the URL directly from the address bar to cite the web source. You must be on the page of the relevant post or article when you do this, do not copy and paste the URL of the general website. The URL, if clicked, has to lead the reader back to the exact article or post you are referencing.

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  Find the date on the footer or header of the article, which should accompany the name of the author. If the published date is not available, check if there is a backlog of when articles or posts have been published. If there is a published date and last updated date shown, use the last updated date for your reference. If no date is available use the abbreviation "n.d." for no date. Cite the access date regardless of whether you have a published date or not. The access date is the date you found the article. Cite both dates by specifying the year, month and day in the format YYYY, Month, DD. For example: 2011, March, 12.

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  Lay all this information out in this order: Author, name of web page, name of web site, URL, date published and date accessed.