Informally published electronic sources - Web sites - Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources - Part II. Source Citation

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Informally published electronic sources - Web sites
Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources
Part II. Source Citation

Material that is informally published, or “posted,” online will often lack the standard facts of publication—author, title, publisher, or date. Even if you can determine few or no facts of publication, you must still include information beyond the URL in your citations. If you cite only a URL and that URL changes or becomes obsolete, your citation becomes useless to readers. The URL tells where the material was located when you consulted it; a complete citation must also indicate what a source is and the date on which you last accessed it (see 15.4.1).

17.7.1 Web sites

For original content from online sources other than books or periodicals, include as much of the following as you can: author, title of the page (in roman type, enclosed in quotation marks), title or owner of the site (in roman type), URL, and access date.

N: 14. Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees, “Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000—2010: A Decade of Outreach,” Evanston Public Library, http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2005).

B: Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. “Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000—2010: A Decade of Outreach.” Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2005).

If there is no named author, give the name of the owner of the site.

N: 19. The Bahá'ís of the United States, “Education,” The Bahá'í Faith, http://www.bahai.us/content/section/7/36/ (accessed March 28, 2006).

25. Federation of American Scientists, “Resolution Comparison: Reading License Plates and Headlines,” http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/resolve5.html (accessed June 1, 2005).

B: The Bahá'ís of the United States. “Education.” The Bahá'í Faith. http://www.bahai.us/content/section/7/36/ (accessed March 28, 2006).

Use descriptive phrases for content from informal sites, such as personal home pages and fan sites, where titles may be lacking.

N: 1. Camp Taconic Alumni, 1955 photo gallery, http://www.taconicalumni.org/1955.html (accessed June 1, 2005).