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How to Cite a Primary SourceFound on a Web Site

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Our primary source document is Warrant for the Arrest of Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce

Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692

Find the Author(s) and the Date of your document

Here’s the URL you want to use in your citation, the exact address of the document

Scroll down the list of citation types to Web Site

Create Citation

First you provide information about the Web Site:URL

Name of the Web SitePublisher of the site

Date of e-publication, if givenYour Date of Access

Second you provide information about the specific Web Page:

the Author(s) of the document and the Title of the document

Put the date of the document in parentheses after the document title

Your Bibliography with the new citation for aPrimary Source found on a Web Site

Edit, Copy or Delete your citation

Click on Footnote Format for the pop-up windowshowing the format for your first footnote

and subsequent notes.

Copy and Paste footnotesinto your paper

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