Write the name of the author first. You must write the last name before the first and end with a period. It will look like this: Doe, John.
Write the title of the Web page or article beside the name of the author. Enter the title with quotation marks and a period at the end. It looks like this: "Doe, John. "The Political Insider."" Do not underline the title and capitalize each word. Enter the heading of the Web page or article if a specific title isn't available.
Enter the name of the website right beside the title. This needs to be entered in italic font and with a period at the end. This should look like this: "Doe, John. "The Political Insider." Inside Politics (italicized)."
Type the publication date of the article in parenthesis if it's available. This information goes beside the name of the website. Enter day, month, year and finish with a period. It will look like this: "Doe, John. "The Political Insider." Inside Politics (italicized). 4 July 2011." If the publication date is not available, omit this information.
Write the medium of publication below the aforementioned information and end with a period. Since you are retrieving this information from the Web, the medium of publication would be "Web." This will look like this:
"Doe, John. "The Political Insider." Inside Politics (italicized). 4 July 2011.
Web."
Enter the date when you visited the website next to the medium of publication. Enter day, month, year and finish with a period. At this point your citation will look like this:
"Doe, John. "The Political Insider." Inside Politics (italicized). 4 July 2011.
Web. 21 July 2011."
Enter the name of the database where you retrieved the information beside the date when you visited the website and finish with a period. This only applies if you got the information from an online database.
Finish citing the Web resource by writing the complete URL of the article. This part goes right next to the date when you visited the website and looks like this:
"Doe, John. "The Political Insider." Inside Politics (italicized). 4 July 2011.
Web. 21 July 2011. http://www.insidepolitics.com/The-Political-Insider"
If the entire URL doesn't fit beside the second line, add it on the line below. Do not add any punctuation at the end.
Begin by writing the name of the author. You must write the last name before the first and end with a period. It will look like this: Doe, John.
Type the publication date of the article in parenthesis. This goes beside the author's name and with a period at the end. It will look like this: Doe, John. (2011). If the publication date is not available, write "n.d" in the parenthesis. This means that no publication date was available. Write the copyright date instead of the publication date when available.
Write the title of the Web page or article beside the publication date. This needs to be entered in italic font and with a period at the end. The title looks like this: "Doe, John. (2011). The political insider (italicized)." Do not underline or add quotations to the title and only capitalize the first word of the title.
Finish citing the Web resource by writing "Retrieved from" followed by the complete URL of the article. This part goes right next to the Web page or article title and will look like this:
Doe, John. (2011). The political insider (italicized). Retrieved from http://www.insidepolitics.com/The-Political-Insider
Do not add any punctuation after the URL address.