How to Cite an Online Newsletter

The key to any correct online citation is to get and use as much information as you can to adequately attribute the information the source. This can be a challenge, given that websites typically do not provide the typical information needed for a citation. If you are citing a newsletter from the web, however, you may be in some luck since you'll more likely find some author information within the document.

Instructions

    • 1

      Use the APA style for papers written in the social sciences. Type the name of the author with the last name first, separated by a comma followed by a period. If there is another author, separate the two names with a comma. Type the date of the publication and surround it by parentheses followed by a period. Type the full title of the newsletter and italicize it followed by a period. Type "Retrieved from" and then the full web URL where the newsletter was found.

      Example: Author's last name, first name. (Publication date). Full title of newsletter. Retrieved from full web URL where the the newsletter was found.

    • 2

      Use the MLA style for papers in the liberal arts and humanities disciplines. Type the title of the newsletter piece surrounded by quotation marks and ending with a period. Type the name of the site. Type "Web." Type the date when the newsletter was published followed by a period.

      Example: "Title of Newsletter." Name of the site.com. Web. Date.

    • 3

      Use the Chicago Manual of Style when instructed. For the endnote, type the author's first and last name followed by a comma and the title of the newsletter followed by a comma in quotation marks. Type the name of the publishing organization or name of the website in italics followed by a comma. Type the publication date followed by a comma and the full URL. For the bibliographical entry, type the author's last name first, separated by a comma followed by a period. Type the same information in the same order as the endnote to complete the entry.

      Example of endnote: Author's first name last name, "Title of newsletter,” Publishing organization or name of website (in italics), publication date, full URL.

      Example of bibliographical entry: Author's last name, first name. "Title of newsletter,” Publishing organization or name of website (in italics), publication date, full URL.

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