Citing Internet Sources

Leah Dantinne

Citing Internet Sources Elective

July 11, 2003

In general, the American Psychological Association’s web site is relatively easy to navigate, making it easy to find the information you are looking for even if you started on the wrong page (for example, the other web pages referencing different types of citing are listed at the end of each page). There are many links to other resources that are helpful in writing papers, such as style guides and ethics questions. For these reasons, I would feel comfortable recommending the site to students for research citation information. If I were assigning a research paper to my students that I knew would include the necessity for internet research, as a quick reference I would give the APA’s website

Reference Examples for Electronic Source Materials - http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

While the APA has other websites that address different types of citations, I feel this one provides the most instruction and examples for many different kinds of information that students may have to use. Most of the reference material that would be required in a research paper would need to be derived from a periodical or similar publication to classify as a valid source. This page on the APA’s website provides the best material regarding how to cite these resources, reaffirming why I would choose this site.

Sources Cited using APA format:

The Quotable Mark Twain. (n.d.). Retrieved July 10, 2003 from: http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html.
Afghanistan. (Updated 2003, March 19). Retrieved July 10, 2003 from the CIA, World Factbook 2002 Web site: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html.
Winston Cup Series Drivers. (2003). Retrieved July 10. 2003 from: Nascar.com, drivers and teams Web site: http://www.nascar.com/drivers/list/wc/dps/.
McKenzie, J. (2000, June). Building Good New Ideas. From Now On the Educational Technology Journal, Vol. 10, No. 9. Retrieved July 10, 2003 from: http://fno.org/jun01/building.html.