Laura Adams
SLM 521
July 2002
Elective 11 –
Citing Internet
Resources
Teachers and students are
using the internet more every day as a research tool. It provides vast amounts of information,
virtually at your fingertips, at any hour of the day. In addition, there are seemingly an infinite
number of ways information is provided, through government, professional, or
personal sites; universities and colleges, online publications, copies of
articles accessible directly online or via a database, etc. etc. Accurate documentation of an internet sources
is a complicated process and no standardized system has been established. Fortunately, there are a number of
resources available online to support this difficult task. Unfortunately, you must reference more
than one in order to develop appropriate citations for the various types of
information you will access on the web.
The following is a list
of resources to use along with a description of what is most useful about each.
Classroom
Connect – This resource provides clear and concise examples for citing
online images, sounds, video clips, email, etc. <http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml>
Skillman &
Kirby Libraries · Lafayette College · Easton, PA – This site provides an
easy to understand written description.
It includes examples of both the MLA and APA styles together for each
example which makes them easy to compare.
Use this resource for examples of how to cite articles for online
databases. http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~library/guides/cite.html
Indiana
University Libraries – This site describes the MLA format only and contains
some basic descriptions. Use this
resource for CD-ROM database sources, online subscriptions services and the Dow
Jones Interactive.
<http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/electronic_mla.html>
Write Source – This site
contains detailed information on both the MLA and APA styles. <
http://www.thewritesource.com/mla.htm>
Finally,
developing citations for all your internet resources will always be a
challenge. Using the resources above
will enable you to accurately give credit to those who provide the information. Hopefully, a standard format will be available
in the near future. However, this format
will always be as complicated as the internet itself.
The
following are some sample citations for your reference:
apa Style
Salwen,
Peter. (n.d.). The Quotable Mark Twain.
Retrieved
Central Intelligence
Agency.
(2001). Afganistan. Retrieved
MLA Style
Nascar.com. (n.d.). 2002 Winston Cup Drivers. 2002.
McKenzie, Jamie. “Building Good
New Ideas.” From Now On. June 2001.
Additional
Resources:
Yahooligans Teachers’ Guide
– This site gives examples of appropriate citations for specific grade levels,
i.e. kindergarten and first grade, second and third grade, etc. The amount of information expected from the
student increase in complexity with age.
<http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/citation.html>