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Citing Electronic Sources
Properly
What are Electronic
Sources?
•Aggregated databases
•Online journals
•Web sites or Web pages
•newsgroups
•Web- or e-mail-based
discussion groups
•Web- or e-mail-based
newsletters.
Why is it important to cite
information correctly?
•It is very important to
cite information properly
in order to give credit
where credit is due.
Basic Guidelines
•Direct readers
directly to the
information being
cited. Avoid home or
menu pages.
•Always provide
addresses that work
Key Information to Include When
Citing Electronic Sources…
•Document title or
description
•Date
•URL (the web site
address)
•Authors (if possible)
A Winning Citation Includes a
Correct & Working URL
•If the URL is not correct,
then the credibility of your
paper will suffer.
•It is best to copy the URL
from the address window and
paste it into your document.
•Check all URLs before
turning in the final draft.
Don’t Get Frustrated
With the Specifics
•Citations must include
specific information about
the source and be in a specific
order with specific
punctuation.
It’s Time To Choose A Specific
Style
•Citations can be
formatted based on
various “styles.”
•The two most popular
“styles” include APA &
MLA
Looking for the Specifics
•Since Information
regarding citing
electronic sources is
constantly changing, it
is important to get
current information.
•The best way to obtain current
information involves using APA or
MLA web sites.
APA/MLA Links
•http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
•http://www.mla.org/publications/style/style
_faq/style_faq4/
Other Links
•http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/star
t/cite/index.html
•http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/netciteFARQ.ht
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