Bibliography Guide: How to Cite a Site

Professional sites include those put on the Web by schools, universities, governments, museums, organizations, and companies.

Online Newspaper or Magazine Articles

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Name_____________________________________________________ Date _____________________

URL of the specific page you used (in anglebrackets, followed by aperiod)

Date you visited the site (followed by a space)Date the site

was last revised (followed by a period)

Name of organization sponsoring the site (followed by a period)

Web site title (underlined, followed by a period)

Title of page or section containing the information you need (followed by aperiod, all in quotes)

“Have Wings, Will Travel: Avian Adaptations to Migration.”

<http://natzoo.si.edu/smbc/fxshts/fxsht4.htm>.

20 January 2005 7 December 2003.

Smithsonian Institution.Smithsonian National Zoological Park.

URL of the specific page you used (in angle brackets, followed by a period)

Date article waspublished online(followed by a period)

Web site title(underlined,followed by a period)

Date you visitedthe site (followed by a space)

Author of article(last name, first name,followed by a period)

Article title (followed bya period, all in quotes)

Maasarani, Dina.

<http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/>.

20 December 2004 19 December 2002.Time for Kids.com.

"Mexico's "Popo" Volcano Erupts."

Reference Database Sites include online encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, and thesauruses.

Personal home pages are sites by individuals. Include as much of the following information as you can find.

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Name_____________________________________________________ Date _____________________

Date you visitedthe site (followed by a space)

URL of the specificpage you used(in angle brackets,followed by a period)

Date databasewas published(followed by a period)

Article title (followed by aperiod, all in quotes)

Database title(underlined,followed by a period)

"Asteroid."

<http://www.encarta.msn.com/reference/>. 20 December 2004 1997–2000.

Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2000.

Date you visitedthe site (followed by a space)

URL of the specificpage you used(in angle brackets,followed by a period)

Kind of site(followed by a period)

Author (full name,first name, or screen name,followed by a period)

Web page title(underlined,followed by a period)

Dillon, Bill.

<http://www.geocities.com/~amicustellarum/>.

19 December 2003. Home page.

Amateur Asteroid Discovery, Variable Stars, Weather.

Date the sitewas last revised(followed by a period)

20 December 2004

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