Social and Behavioral Sciences Department

[IMAGE]How to Document Internet Sources


This sample bibliography is styled according to Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet: http://falcon.aku.edu/honors/beyond-mla/).. It is always a good idea to ask your instructor ahead of time if s/he accepts sources taken from the Internet.

E-Mail | FTP | Gopher | Mailing List | Usenet | Web Site | Author's Preference | Related Links

E-Mail

E-Mail - Author.< author's e-mail address>. "Subject Line." Date of post. Personal e-mail. (Date read).

Example:
Dean, Walter.
wdean@umd5.umd.edu "Vision
Statement." Personal e-mail.
(14 July 1996).

FTP

FTP - Author [if known]. "Title of Document" (Date of publication) [if available]. FTP address (date accessed).

Example:
Gonzalez, August. "Application Form"
August 1, 1996. FTP to ftp.ixnay.com/
file/report.aug
(01 August 1996).

Gopher

Gopher - Author [if known]. "Title of Document." Any print publication information [if applicable]. Gopher address (date accessed).

Example:
Author unknown. "Address"
No date. gopher://sailor.lib.md.us:70/
11/GovInfo/.md/.school/.balt_city_cc
(01 August 1996).

Mailing List

Mailing List - Author [if known]. "Subject Line." Date of post. (date accessed).

Example:
Shapeshifter. shashi@cc.nova.com
"Guess Who?" 1 August, 1996.
kryptonite-social@urthere.baltimore.
md (01 August 1996).

Usenet

Usenet News - Author. "Subject Line." Date of publication. (date accessed).

Example:
Riedinger, Zarfan. ZARFR@aol.com
"Re: What is the Deadline?" 1 August,
1996. alt.arts.ny.alien.moderated
(01 August 1996).

Web Site

Web Site - Author [if known]. "Title" (main title if applicable). Last date updated or revised [if known]. (date accessed).

Example:
Andersen, Joan. "Deuteronomy Cricket."
July 28, 1996. http://www.erols.com/
bcccsbs/story1.htm
(01 August 1996)

Author's Preference

Example of an author's preferred citation:
Zwick, Jim. "Mark Twain on the Philippines." http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/twain_ph.html In Jim
Zwick, ed., Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935
http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/ail98-35.html
(January 1996).

Related Links

  • A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities by Melvin E. Page Guide.
  • For science writing take a look at the APA Cribsheet.


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Content copyright © 1996 Joan A. Andersen;
Revised: 26 April 1997
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