Jessica Michaelson

SLM521

May 24, 2005

 

Citing Internet Sources

 

          The site that I chose to have high school students to visit in order to learn how to properly site internet sources is:  http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html.  There are many reasons I chose this site.  First, I decided on an APA site because that is the style that is most often asked for in college, at least in my experience.  Since these are high school students, it is my job to get them ready for college, and since they will be doing a lot of research, it would be very beneficial to know the proper APA style of citing.  Another reason I chose this cite is for the fact that is easy to read and understand.  Not only does it give an example of the citations, but it bullets all of the components that must be included in case it is unclear within the citation.  This is important, because if I find the site hard to follow or understand, how can I expect my students to follow or understand it?  Lastly, I chose this site because it included how to cite different types of articles and non-periodicals, which is probably what the students would use the most of in finding information for a resource project.  If they are citing other sources, it provides links to them as well.  I found this site to be very helpful and useful, and I will look back at it when citing sources of mine own.

 

I have used the APA format to cite the following websites.

 

Salwen, P.  (1996). The Quotable Mark Twain.  Retrieved May 24, 2005, from http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html.

 

 

The World Factbook.  (2005). Retrieved May 24, 2005, from http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html.

 

Nascar.com. (2003).  Retrieved May 24, 2005, from http://www.nascar.com/drivers/list/wc/dps/.

 

 

McKenzie, Jamie.  (2001, June).  Building Good New Ideas.  The Educational Technology Journal, 10, Article 9.  Retrieved May 24, 2005, from http://fno.org/jun01/building.html.