Citing Your Sources

Citing Your Electronic Sources

 The references page should begin on a new page, following the last page of your paper.  The title “Works Cited” or “References” should be centered at the top of the page.  The first line of every entry is flush with the left margin, and the second line (if one exists) and all subsequent lines are indented five spaces (tab) from the left margin.  The entries are listed in alphabetical order by the author’s last name (followed by the first and middle initial)

The Internet

Author’s last name, First name. (date of publication, if given) Title of work. Date of retrieval.

Example:

Dell'Amore, Christine. (2011) Hibernating Bears Keep Weirdly Warm. Retrieved Feb 20, 2011 from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110217- bears-hibernation-warm-sleep-animals-science/

Often web pages do not list authors or dates of publication. In such a case your citation would look like this:

Name of organization. (date of publication, if given) Title of work Date of retrieval.

Example:

Parks Canada. (n.d.) Plans Government of Canada to Send Wood Bison to Russian Conservation Project. Retrieved February 20, 2011 from http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/elkisland/ne/ne5.aspx