Examples
of Citing Internet Resources using APA.
1. http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html
Salwen, P. (1996). The Quotable Mark Twain. Retrieved July 17, 2002, from http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html.
2. http://fno.org/jun01/building.html
McKenzie, J. (2001, June). Building Good New Ideas. From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal, 10.
Retrieved July 17,
2002 from http://fno.org/jun01/building.html.
3. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
United States. Afghanistan. CIA-The World Fact Book. Retrieved July 17, 2002 from
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html.
4. http://www.nascar.com/DRIVERS/winston/KHarvick00/index.html
Turner Sports Interactive. Nascar. 2002 Winston Cup Series Drivers. Retrieved July 17,
2002 from http://www.nascar.com/DRIVERS/winston/KHarvick00/index.html.
Since I teach
Kindergarten, I would not teach my students how to cite Internet sites so I
imagined that I had 7th graders.
I chose APA style to teach the students because it is very simple. APA style basically requires only the
information that you can see on the site.
For example, if there is a volume number then include it but if not, don’t
worry just make sure that you give the URL site and date retrieved. It appears with APA style, a person only has
to worry about giving credit to what is evident.
Now with APA style
being simple, I would at a later point teach the MLA style. I would make sure
that the students understand the importance of citation and how to do it APA
style. Also, MLA seems to be the most required style when doing
research. At least, it was what I
experienced through my college course works.
MLA is the style that I prefer because it covers all your bases. Meaning that it requires a lot of citation
so the resource can be easily found if needed.
For APA style, http://www.apastyle.org/elecgeneral.html
would be the
site that I used my students because it provides a general form.
For MLA style, http://www.thewritesource.com/mla.htm
was eye
appealing and resource friendly.