Citing Internet Sources
When it comes to having my
students citing their work within their papers, I personally do not have a
preference which style they use. If they
are more comfortable with one than the other, then I feel that they should use
the one that they are more comfortable with, as long as the information is
cited and is cited correctly. For those
students who struggle with citing or have never learned how to cite, I prefer
to demonstrate it to them using the MLA format.
In my opinion, it’s just an easier system of citing to understand and
apply to a number of different situations.
Also, as a scientist, everything is cited using the MLA format. Of the websites I looked at, I particularly
liked the Classroom Connect site for providing my students with the information
needed to cite correctly. I liked this
site because it provided examples of almost every type of citation that a
person would have to handle, but it also specifically described what each part
of the citation was and what to do if parts of the citation were not
available. In the end, the format of the
citation isn’t as important as providing anyone who reads your paper with
adequate information to find the materials you used.
MLA
Format
Salwen, Peter. The Quotable Mark Twain.
[Online] 20 May 1996. <http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html>
CIA. The World Fact Book:
NASCAR. 2003
Winston Cup Series Drivers.
[Online]
McKenzie,
Jamie. “Building Good
New Ideas.” From
Now On Vol. 10. Issue 9 (2001).
<http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html>