Citing resources that you have found on the Internet can often be confusing and difficult because it is so hard to remember what you are supposed to include in the citation and where all the punctuation marks are supposed to go. To make it a little easier for my students I will supply them with websites that they can go to get step by step directions on how to cite different websites or resources. The best site that I found for guidelines on both APA and MLA format is The Write Source website, which can be found at www.thewritesource.com. If you go to the home page then there are links to both kinds of formats under "Research". I chose this site because it is very easy to follow and it gives clear examples of when you would use each format and how each one should look. The website also gives several examples of what they should do if they are missing information from a resource. For example some websites do not give the author so when this occurs you should cite using the title instead. It just gives basic information about how to cite and what to do if you run into any problems while trying to cite a resource.

Nascar.com. 2003 Winston Cup Series Drivers. 21 April 2004.