Citing
Internet Sources
I was glad I was able to
do this elective activity because I am very unfamiliar with citing resources
from online sources. I used information
strictly from print during my undergraduate years. The first time I had to cite an Internet
source was last semester for my graduate classes. I had no idea how to do this correctly, so I
ventured into a search engine to try to find a site to help me. I actually used the http://www.apastyle.org that
we are looking at for this assignment. I
have always used the APA
style to cite resources. However, in
viewing the MLA sites for this activity, I think that I would choose to use
this style with middle and high school students. I think that there is less confusion with
this style as far as dates, numbers and parenthesis. The citations seem to use fewer characters
than the APA
style, which clutter the citation, therefore making it easier to
understand. Of the websites in this
activity, I would probably send students to the following site for reference to
citing online information: http://www.thewritesource.com/mla.htm
. I liked this site because I think the
organization of information on this site has been done well. The sample citations are listed in an easy to
understand fashion with headings in nice, bold fonts. Also, the detailed information is limited to
a few paragraphs at the beginning of the page.
I think students would get lost in some of the other sites searching for
the actual examples of types of citations.
I would, however, like to do activities in which students have to learn
both MLA and APA
styles, especially with high school students.
Most likely they will be using the APA
style when they enter into college. The
Write Source page has examples of both of these styles on the site.
I
also wanted to share a site I came across that I would probably use. It lists several different styles of citing
sources. I also like the way it is
presented in a simplified list with color coded sections. Here is a link to that site: http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
.
Citations of Four
Links
- http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html
- (APA
style)
Salwen,
Peter (1996). The
Quotable Mark Twain. Retrieved Nov.
1, 2005,
from Peter Salwen’s
Mark Twain Page. Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/
campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html
- http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html - (MLA style)
Central Intelligence Agency. Afghanistan. The World Factbook. Oct. 20, 2005. 1 Nov. 2005 <http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html>.
3. http://www.nascar.com/DRIVERS/winston/KHarvick00/index.html - (MLA style)
Nascar.com. 4 Nov. 2005. 2003 Winston Cup Series Drivers. 4 Nov. 2005. 4 Nov.2005.
<http://www.nascar.com/drivers/list/wc/dps/>.
4. http://fno.org/jun01/building.html - (APA style)
McKenzie, Jamie (2001, June). Building Good New Ideas. From Now On
The Educational Technology Journal, Vol. 10 [9]. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2005 from
http://fno.org/jun01/building.html