THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
Author and/or editor names (if available); last names first.
"Article name in quotation marks."
Title of the website, project, or book in italics.
Take note of any page numbers (p. or pp.) or paragraph numbers (par. or pars.).
Date of Access is the day you visited the site and should be written using the Day Month Year (e.g. Accessed 2 May 1998).
When writing URLs or web addresses, remove the https:// or use the permalink.
Months more than 4 letters are abbreviated.
If a website does not have a formal title, use a brief description of the web page as the title.
CITING DIGITAL SOURCES
Provided by EasyBib
WEBSITES WITH ONE AUTHOR
Structure:
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the Article or Individual Page.” Title of the Website, Name of the Publisher, date of publication in day month year format, URL.
Example:
McNary, Dave. “Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter Returning for ‘Bill and Ted Face the Music.’” Variety, Penske Media Corporation, 8 May 2018, variety.com/2018/film/news/bill-and-ted-3-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-1202802946/.
In-Text Citation:
(Author's Last Name).
WEBSITES WITH TWO AUTHORS
Structure:
Last name, First name of Author 1, and First Name Last Name of Author 2. “Title of Web Page.” Title of Website, Publisher, date published in day month year format, URL.
Example:
Wadhwa, Vivek, and Alex Salkever. “How Can We Make Technology Healthier for Humans?” Wired, Condé Nast, 26 June 2018, www.wired.com/story/healther-technology-for-humans/.
In-Text Citation:
(Author #1 and Author #2).
WEBSITES WITH THREE OR MORE AUTHORS
Structure:
First listed author’s Last name, First name, et al. “Title of Web Page.” Title of Website, Publisher, date published in day month year format, DOI or URL.
Example:
First listed author’s Last name, First name, et al. “Title of Web Page.” Title of Website, Publisher, date published in day month year format, DOI or URL.
In-Text Citation:
(Last Name 1 et al.).
YOUTUBE VIDEO
Structure:
"Title of video." YouTube, uploaded by Screen Name, day month year, www.youtube.com/xxxxx.
If the author of the video is not the same as the person who uploaded the video, your citation would be formatted as follows:
Author last name, First Name. "Title of video." YouTube, uploaded by Screen Name, day month year, www.youtube.com/xxxxx.
Example: (citation with different author and uploader)
Beyoncé . "Sorry." YouTube, uploaded by BeyFan123, 17 December 2016, www.youtube.com/xxxx.
Example: (citation with no known author or same author and uploader.)
"Day in the Life." YouTube, uploaded by janedoe, 19 December 2016, www.youtube.com/xxxx.
In-Text Citation With Author:
(Last name, 00:01:15 - 00:02:00).
In-text citation with no author or same author and uploader:
("Title of video," 00:01:15 - 00:02:00).
WEBSITES WITH NO AUTHOR
Structure:
“Title of Web Page.” Title of Website, Publisher, date published in day month year format, URL.
Example:
“One Health and Disease: Tick-Borne.” National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/articles/one-health-disease-ticks-borne.htm.
In-Text Citation:
(Title of Web Page).
Structure:
Account holder’s Last name, First name [Username]. “Photo Title” or Description. Instagram, other contributors, date photo was published, URL.
Example:
National Geographic [@natgeo]. “Path of the Panther.” Instagram, photographed by Carlton Ward, 16 June 2018, www.instagram.com/p/BkFfT9xD6h6/?taken-by=natgeo.
Structure:
Author Last Name, First Name or Account Name. “Title or Caption of the Post” or Description of Post. Facebook, day month year of post, URL.
Example:
GoatsofAnarchy. Loner goats become stallmates and fall in love. Facebook, 25 June 2018, www.facebook.com/thegoatsofanarchy/posts/2103455423030332:0.
SNAPCHAT (or other app)
Structure:
Author Last Name, First Name (if available). App Title. *Rights holder, version number, date of publication. Title of Website with App, download URL.
Example:
Reuters. Thomson Reuters Corporation, Vers. 3.2.1, 2017. Apple App Store, itunes.apple.com/us/app/reuters/id602660809?mt=8.
CITING BOOKS
Provided by EasyBib
BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR
Structure:
Author’s last name, First name. Title of the Book. Publisher, Year published.
Example:
James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Serenity, 2009.
In-Text Citation:
(Author Last Name Page #) OR Last Name (Page #)
E-BOOKS
Structure:
Author’s last name, First name. Title of the e-Book. E-book ed., Publisher, Year published. Name of e-reader device.
Example:
Doer, Anthony. All the Light We Cannot See. E-book ed., Scribner, 2014. Kindle.
In-Text Citation:
(Last Names, Chapter or Section #) OR Last Names (Chapter or Section #)
CHAPTER FROM A BOOK
Structure:
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of chapter or section.” Title of the Book, edited by First name Last name, Publisher, Year published, page number(s).
Example:
Montrose, Louis. “Elizabeth Through the Looking Glass: Picturing the Queen’s Two Bodies.” The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, edited by Regina Schulte, Berghahn, 2006, pp. 61-87.
In-Text Citation:
(Last Name Page #) OR Last Name (Page #)
BOOKS WITH TWO AUTHORS
Structure:
1st Last Name, First Name, and 2nd First Name Last Name. Title of the Book. Publisher, Year published.
Example:
Charaipotra, Sona, and Dhonielle Clayton. Tiny pretty things. HarperTeen, 2016.
In-Text Citation:
(1st Last Name and 2nd Last Name Page #) OR 1st Last Name and 2nd Last Name (Page #).
MAKING A WORKS CITED PAGE
Checklist:
Works Cited is at the top center with a capital W and C.
Alphabetical Order
Double Spaced
Hanging Indent (see video to the right)
Italicize the titles of full works like books, films, & websites.
"Quotation marks" are for parts of a work, like articles, chapter titles, or a page on an internet website.
Remove https:// from the beginning of all links.
Have an access date at the end of each citation.
EXAMPLE WORKS CITED PAGE
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