How to Cite Websites for References

When writing an essay, you may use websites in your research. Knowing how to accurately cite electronic resources is key to giving credit to your sources. You can use either Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA) or the Chicago Manual of Style to cite sources. Typically, Chicago style is used for liberal arts papers, MLA is for humanities papers and APA is used for social sciences papers, but these citation styles can be used in papers in any field.

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Instructions

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      Cite websites in MLA format in the bibliography by using the editor or author's name, the name of the website, the website publisher, the publication date (if available), the publication medium and the date you accessed the information. For example: Smith, Jane. Portrait Magazine. Portrait Magazine, 1 June 2004. Web. 29 June 2011.

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      Cite websites in-text in MLA format by listing in the text of the paper, the author of the website. For example: On Jane Smith's website she mentions.... If the website does not have an author, list the title. For example: Portrait Magazine is an entertainment website.

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      Cite websites with APA style by putting the author's name and the date of publication in parentheses. For example: (Smith, 2004). If there is no author, list the title of the website. If there is no date available, put "n.d." For example: ("Portrait Magazine", n.d.).

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      Cite websites in APA format on the works-cited page as author, publication date, title of the website and the URL. For example: Smith, J. (2004). Portrait Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.portraitmagazine.net

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      Cite websites in Chicago style with the footnote and the bibliography entry as author, website title, the publication date, the access date and the URL. The footnote puts the author's first name first, the bibliography entry puts the last name first. For example: [footnote] Jane Smith, "Portrait Magazine," 2004. June 28, 2011, http://www.portraitmagazine.net

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